Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Wood
18th Century French Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Gold, Gold Leaf
1920s American French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
1790s French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Gold
Early 20th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Glass, Wood
18th Century French Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century British French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century French Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror
Mid-19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
1880s French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
1920s French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Wood, Paint, Canvas, Mirror
Early 20th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Paint
19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century British French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood, Glass
1880s French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Lacquer
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Lacquer
Early 1900s French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror
19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
1920s French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
1920s French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Oak
1880s French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Metal
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
1810s French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Hardwood
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
1880s French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Silver Leaf
Late 19th Century Italian French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Silver Leaf
19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Gesso, Hardwood
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
18th Century and Earlier French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Wood, Glass
Early 1900s French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Early 20th Century American French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Wrought Iron
19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Marble
Late 19th Century French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Mahogany
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Blown Glass
1910s French Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
18th Century French Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Wood
19th Century French Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique French Provincial Gilt Mirror
Gesso
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A Close Look at french-provincial Furniture
Removed from the fashions of the court, French Provincial style developed in the provinces of the country, such as Provence, Normandy, the Loire Valley and Bordeaux. Dating to the 17th and 18th centuries, French Provincial furniture was not as ostentatious as the designs being produced for the royal palaces, but elegant S-shape cabriole legs and ornate carvings elevated the sturdy chairs, sofas, tables and bedroom furniture intended for everyday use.
Although it varies by region, antique French Provincial furniture is unified by solid construction and an artisanal attention to design. While this furniture often followed the metropolitan trends — including the Rococo or neoclassical aesthetics of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI — since it was produced in the French countryside it was more subdued with nods to its rustic settings.
Local materials like fruitwoods, oak, beech and walnut were used to construct large French Provincial armoires for storage and comfortable armchairs with rush-woven seats. Wrought-iron elements and carvings like floral details and scallop patterns were common as ornamentation. Furniture was frequently painted white or other muted colors that coordinated with gilt and would acquire a patina of age over time. Other wood was just stained with vibrant fabric such as toile de Jouy, which sometimes depicted pastoral scenes, adding color as upholstery.
The style arrived in the United States after World War I, with soldiers returning home wanting furniture like what they had seen in the rural homes and castles of France. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, designer John Widdicomb split from his family business, the Widdicomb Furniture Company, and had been focusing on Louis XV– and French Provincial–style furnishings since the early 1900s. Other American manufacturers such as Baker, Drexel, Henredon and Thomasville also responded to demand. Today antique French Provincial pieces and reproductions continue to be popular.
Find a collection of antique French Provincial dining tables, seating, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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.