Antique Split Plate Mirror
1710s English Queen Anne Antique Split Plate Mirror
Gesso, Wood
Early 20th Century Italian George I Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Wood, Mirror
Early 18th Century French Rococo Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-19th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Giltwood
18th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wood
1860s French Louis Philippe Antique Split Plate Mirror
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Split Plate Mirror
Gold Leaf
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mercury Glass, Wood, Giltwood
18th Century Portuguese Antique Split Plate Mirror
Giltwood
1730s Italian Baroque Antique Split Plate Mirror
Gesso, Wood
Recent Sales
19th Century French Empire Antique Split Plate Mirror
Glass, Wood
18th Century English Antique Split Plate Mirror
Walnut
19th Century Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mirror
Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-19th Century European Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mid-19th Century Antique Split Plate Mirror
1770s French Louis XV Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Early 19th Century English Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Giltwood, Mirror
18th Century Italian Antique Split Plate Mirror
Giltwood
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Split Plate Mirror
Tortoise Shell
1690s European Antique Split Plate Mirror
Olive
1910s Anglo-Japanese Antique Split Plate Mirror
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Split Plate Mirror
Paint
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wood
1910s Italian Queen Anne Antique Split Plate Mirror
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Split Plate Mirror
1830s French Louis Philippe Antique Split Plate Mirror
19th Century French Rococo Antique Split Plate Mirror
Stucco
1790s French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Split Plate Mirror
Gesso, Giltwood
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wood, Gesso, Paint
18th Century and Earlier British George I Antique Split Plate Mirror
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Split Plate Mirror
Gesso, Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Split Plate Mirror
18th Century and Earlier Swedish Antique Split Plate Mirror
Early 20th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
19th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Giltwood
Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Split Plate Mirror
Giltwood
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Split Plate Mirror
Walnut, Giltwood
18th Century French Baroque Antique Split Plate Mirror
Giltwood, Mirror
19th Century Unknown Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wood, Mirror
19th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
19th Century Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wood, Mirror
19th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Giltwood, Mirror
19th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wood, Mirror
19th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Brass
19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Antique Split Plate Mirror
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wood
18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Antique Split Plate Mirror
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Greek Antique Split Plate Mirror
Marble
2010s British Scandinavian Modern Antique Split Plate Mirror
Mohair, Oak
1950s French Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century Danish Gustavian Antique Split Plate Mirror
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Antique Split Plate Mirror
Bronze, Stainless Steel
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Split Plate Mirror
Beech
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Directoire Antique Split Plate Mirror
Iron
1950s European Antique Split Plate Mirror
Leather, Sycamore
1930s French Art Deco Antique Split Plate Mirror
Chenille, Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Split Plate Mirror
Velvet, Oak
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Antique Split Plate Mirror
Metal, Brass
18th Century European Louis XVI Antique Split Plate Mirror
Wood
2010s Belgian Modern Antique Split Plate Mirror
Linen
Early 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Split Plate Mirror
Pine
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Split Plate Mirror
Fabric, Fiberglass
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Antique Split Plate Mirror
Stone, Wrought Iron
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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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