Antique Mirrow
Late 19th Century Austrian Baroque Revival Antique Mirrow
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 19th Century Spanish Rococo Antique Mirrow
Wood
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Mirrow
Pewter
19th Century American Victorian Antique Mirrow
Mirror, Mahogany
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Mirrow
Spruce
Late 19th Century Unknown Other Antique Mirrow
Mirror, Mahogany
1940s Italian Baroque Revival Antique Mirrow
Velvet, Mirror, Burl, Walnut
Early 19th Century Swedish Karl Johan Antique Mirrow
Cotton, Upholstery, Mahogany
1820s Swedish Biedermeier Antique Mirrow
Ash, Ebony
19th Century European Biedermeier Antique Mirrow
Burl
19th Century Dutch Antique Mirrow
Textile, Wood
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Mirrow
Burl
20th Century Antique Mirrow
Upholstery, Beech
1820s Regency Antique Mirrow
Upholstery, Satinwood
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Antique Mirrow
Glass
Mid-19th Century American American Empire Antique Mirrow
Mirror, Mahogany
Early 20th Century Mission Antique Mirrow
Mirror, Maple
1890s Spanish Baroque Antique Mirrow
Iron
Late 19th Century American Empire Antique Mirrow
Mirror, Rosewood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Mirrow
Mirror, Oak
Recent Sales
19th Century American Antique Mirrow
Wood, Glass
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Mirrow
19th Century French Antique Mirrow
Giltwood
19th Century English Antique Mirrow
Giltwood, Gesso, Mirror
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Mirrow
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Mirrow
Maple, Glass, Alpaca
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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