Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
1780s Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Pine
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Pine
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Glass, Giltwood, Mirror
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror
19th Century Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood
Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood
1780s Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
1790s Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood, Paint
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood
1790s Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Gold Leaf
18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood, Glass, Mirror
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Oak, Paint
Early 20th Century Italian Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Metal, Bronze
Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Pine, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood, Mirror
18th Century and Earlier Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Pine, Giltwood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood
Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Glass, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Elm
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood, Paste, Mirror
1780s Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Giltwood
Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Glass, Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Glass, Pine, Walnut
1780s Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century Belgian Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror, Wood
Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood, Glass, Mirror
Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Wood, Giltwood, Mirror
1890s Swedish Neoclassical Antique Gustavian Wall Mirror
Mirror
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A Close Look at gustavian Furniture
With clean lines and muted colors, antique Gustavian furniture is understated and elegant. It represents a more restrained version of the transition from Rococo to neoclassicism that was happening in France under Louis XVI. The style developed under Swedish King Gustav III, who reigned from 1771 until his assassination in 1792, and his son Gustav IV, who ruled until 1809. Although Gustavian furniture is mostly used to refer to pale painted cabinets, commodes, armchairs and other items, it involved a range of influences.
Gustavian-style furniture was inspired by discoveries at Pompeii and Herculaneum as well as the grandeur of European palaces like Versailles, with local softwoods such as pine and birch. There was also an emphasis on natural light; crystal chandeliers and large mirrors played a role in radiating the fleeting daylight of winter, giving it a distinctive aesthetic.
Where earlier furniture was curvy and florid, this new era was more architectural, with tapered and fluted legs and rectangular and oval shapes. Luminous gilt contrasted with the palette of soft blues on upholstery and painted surfaces. Leading furniture builders included Gottlieb Iwersson, Louis Masreliez and Erik Öhrmark. The latter, a French-born Swedish decorator, designed the Sulla chair, a seat that was demonstrative of technical skill and precise craftsmanship and drew on Greek klismos chairs. Masreliez’s Sulla chair was made by Öhrmark and featured decorative ornamentation produced by Jean-Baptiste Masreliez, Louis’s younger brother.
While the wealthy had furniture carved with neoclassical details like scallops and rosettes, more affordable options were adorned with faux finishes that mimicked marble and stenciled patterns. The simple elegance of Gustavian furniture would have a long impact on Swedish design, informing the 20th-century appreciation for function and form. In the 1950s, IKEA mass-produced copies of a Gustavian commode designed by cabinetmaker Georg Haupt, who created pieces for the Royal Palace, making the furniture a fixture of everyday Swedish life.
Find a collection of antique Gustavian seating, tables, decorative objects and other furniture on 1stDibs.
Finding the Right wall-mirrors for You
Vintage and antique wall mirrors add depth and openness to a space — they can help create the illusion that a narrow hallway isn’t so narrow. But you don’t need hundreds of enormous arched French or Italian mirrors framed in gilded bronze to dress up your home (maybe just a few).
A few well-placed large wall mirrors and other types of mirrors can amplify lighting and help showcase the decorative and architectural features of your home. For the Palace of Versailles during the 17th century, French King Louis XIV ordered the construction of the Hall of Mirrors after spending millions of dollars importing expensive Venetian mirrors from the revered glass-blowing factories on the island of Murano. A mirror-manufacturing rivalry between Paris and Venice took shape, and soon, across from 17 large windows that open out over the adjacent Palace Gardens on one side of the Hall, more than 350 mirrors — large mirrors made of groupings of small panes — were installed, effectively bringing the radiant colors of the outdoors into the opulent corridor.
Wall mirrors for your living room can work miracles — pull your landscaping’s colors and textures indoors, Louis XIV–style, by covering the length of an interior wall across from your living-room windows with wall mirrors.
For a similar effect, surrounding your mid-century modern wall mirror with leafy air plants and fern floor plants can amplify the sense of serenity that greenery offers in your home. Choose wall mirror frame styles to match your home’s decor, or shop for a frameless, organically shaped mirror that’s cut or beveled for a clean yet distinctive showpiece. For a free-spirited Bohemian feel, create a cluster of mismatched antique wall mirrors — an arrangement of circular Art Deco wall mirrors, Rococo-style silver leaf mirrors and decorative oval Victorian mirrors could add spice to an otherwise unadorned dining-room wall.
Elsewhere, there’s nothing vain about buying a full-length mirror for your bedroom, bathroom or walk-in closet to help you perfect your look for the day. Another may be needed in your entryway for a last-minute ensemble inspection. In fact, a shimmering 18th-century hall of mirrors awaits visitors behind the steel door of Stephen Cavallo’s atelier in Manhattan.
“We like to see the look on people’s faces when they walk in,” says Cavallo.
Decorating your home and office with wall mirrors is an art form in and of itself — get started today with the variety of antique and vintage wall mirrors on 1stDibs.