Antique Gold Mantle Mirror
Antique 19th Century German Wall Mirrors
Stone, Alabaster
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Gold Leaf
20th Century English Victorian Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique Early 19th Century French Georgian Wall Mirrors
Wood
20th Century European Chinese Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...
Wood
Antique 1860s French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Antique 1890s American Eastlake Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Planters and Jardinieres
Bronze
Antique Early 1900s Maps
Paper
Late 20th Century American Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Gesso
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2010s Austrian Jugendstil Chandeliers and Pendants
Silk
Early 20th Century Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Textile, Wood
Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century European Biedermeier Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...
Mirror, Nutwood
2010s British Scandinavian Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Mohair, Velvet, Oak
Mid-20th Century Rococo Revival Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Pine
Antique Late 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Pine
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Velvet
Antique 1880s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1920s Posters
Paper
Mid-20th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Silver Leaf
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paint
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Antique Late 19th Century Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Vintage 1940s English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Antique 19th Century English Table Mirrors
Wood, Mirror, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Hardwood, Mercury Glass
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Clocks
Antique Mid-19th Century French Rococo Animal Sculptures
Porcelain
Antique Mid-19th Century European Early Victorian Vases
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Objects
Antique Late 19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Wall Mirrors
Beech
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace ...
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firep...
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Chippendale Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Wood, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique Mid-19th Century French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace ...
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century American Animal Sculptures
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Wood, Plaster, Glass
Antique 1870s French Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century British Early Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fi...
Giltwood
Vintage 1910s American Empire Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Bronze
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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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