Antique Mercury Mirror Plate
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Pine
Antique 1860s European High Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century British Regency Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1880s Italian More Mirrors
Silver Plate
Antique 1860s French More Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique 1880s French More Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
Antique 1860s Italian More Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique 1690s English William and Mary Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Olive
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gold, Gold Leaf
Antique 1880s Italian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1880s Italian Wall Mirrors
Glass
Antique 1850s Italian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique 19th Century Italian Other Wall Mirrors
Gold
Antique 1890s French Baroque Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 1850s Italian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Table Mirrors
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Other Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1780s English George III Wall Mirrors
Mahogany, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Table Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Table Mirrors
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Gesso, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Canvas
Vintage 1970s Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1860s English High Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
Antique 19th Century Burmese Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Metal, Brass
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Regency Convex Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood, Mirror
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firepl...
Gesso, Mirror, Pine
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firepl...
Gold Leaf
Antique 1730s English George II Girandoles
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Wall Mirrors
Glass, Walnut
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Floor Mirrors and Full-Le...
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Platters and Serveware
Metal
Antique 1760s English Rococo Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Oak
Antique 19th Century French Other Trumeau Mirrors
Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Pier Mirrors and Console M...
Mirror, Plaster, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate
Antique 1890s German Other Centerpieces
Silver
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century Dutch Empire Side Tables
Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-19th Century English Palladian Fireplaces and Mantels
Breccia Marble
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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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