19th French Mercury Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Rustic Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Revival Floor Mirrors and Full-Le...
Mercury Glass, Hardwood
Antique 1840s French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French French Provincial Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Table Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique Early 19th Century Directoire Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Barbizon School Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Gesso, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paper
Antique 1880s French Restauration Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Cherry
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Other Wall Mirrors
Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Other Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Canvas, Mercury Glass
Antique 1870s French French Provincial Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Cherry
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood, Mirror, Mercury Glass, Glass
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique 19th Century French French Provincial Trumeau Mirrors
Mirror, Hardwood, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Wood, Mercury Glass
Antique 19th Century French Industrial Wall Mirrors
Metal
Antique 19th Century French Romantic Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gesso
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Canvas, Mercury Glass
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Other Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1860s French More Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 1880s French More Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
Antique Early 19th Century French French Provincial Mantel Mirrors and F...
Mirror, Wood, Canvas
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Black Forest Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Oak
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Copper
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Floor Mirrors and Full-Le...
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique Early 1800s French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
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Finding the Right mirrors for You
The road from early innovations in reflective glass to the alluring antique and vintage mirrors in trendy modern interiors has been a long one but we’re reminded of the journey everywhere we look.
In many respects, wall mirrors, floor mirrors and full-length mirrors are to interior design what jeans are to dressing. Exceedingly versatile. Universally flattering. Unobtrusively elegant. And while all mirrors are not created equal, even in their most elaborate incarnation, they're still the heavy lifters of interior design, visually enlarging and illuminating any space.
We’ve come a great distance from the polished stone that served as mirrors in Central America thousands of years ago or the copper mirrors of Mesopotamia before that. Today’s coveted glass Venetian mirrors, which should be cleaned with a solution of white vinegar and water, were likely produced in Italy beginning in the 1500s, while antique mirrors originating during the 19th century can add the rustic farmhouse feel to your mudroom that you didn’t know you needed.
By the early 20th century, experiments with various alloys allowed for mirrors to be made inexpensively. The geometric shapes and beveled edges that characterize mirrors crafted in the Art Deco style of the 1920s can bring pizzazz to your entryway, while an ornate LaBarge mirror made in the Hollywood Regency style makes a statement in any bedroom. Friedman Brothers is a particularly popular manufacturer known for decorative round and rectangular framed mirrors designed in the Rococo, Louis XVI and other styles, including dramatic wall mirrors framed in gold faux bamboo that bear the hallmarks of Asian design.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, mid-century modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary mirrors. Today’s simple yet chic mantel mirror frames, for example, often neutral in color, owe to the understated mirror designs introduced in the postwar era.
Sculptor and furniture maker Paul Evans had been making collage-style cabinets since at least the late 1950s when he designed his Patchwork mirror — part of a series that yielded expressive works of combined brass, copper and pewter — for Directional Furniture during the mid-1960s. Several books celebrating Evans’s work were published beginning in the early 2000s, as his unconventional furniture has been enjoying a moment not unlike the resurgence that the Ultrafragola mirror is seeing. Designed by the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror, in all its sensuous acrylic splendor, has become somewhat of a star thanks to much-lauded appearances in shelter magazines and on social media.
On 1stDibs, we have a broad selection of vintage and antique mirrors and tips on how to style your contemporary mirror too.
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