Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Early 20th Century Dutch Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass
Early 20th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Mirror, Wood
18th Century Unknown Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Mirror
1890s British Dutch Colonial Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Ebony
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Tortoise Shell
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Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Fruitwood
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Tortoise Shell, Mirror
1690s Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
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Silver
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Tortoise Shell
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Tortoise Shell
Early 1700s Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
17th Century Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Fruitwood
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass, Ormolu
17th Century Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Ebony
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Mahogany
1920s English Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Silver
Mid-19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass, Bronze
1780s Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Wood, Paint
18th Century Belgian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Wood, Ebony
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Metal, Brass, Bronze
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Early 20th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
1860s Danish Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Mirror
1870s Dutch Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Mirror, Paint
1860s Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Early 19th Century European Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass
19th Century British Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Silver
1890s British Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
Early 1700s Italian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Bronze
1740s English George III Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
17th Century Mexican Spanish Colonial Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass
1630s Dutch Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Wood, Ebony
Mid-17th Century Belgian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Wood, Ebony
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Metal
Early 20th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Mirror
19th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Wood
19th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
19th Century Dutch Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Wood
19th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Mirror, Wood
18th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass
19th Century Unknown Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass
19th Century French Rococo Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Bronze
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Early 20th Century American Victorian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
Early 19th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Pine
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass
19th Century Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Wood
19th Century Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Glass
19th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
1880s Dutch Renaissance Revival Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Wood
Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Ebony
18th Century French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Ormolu
Early 20th Century Belgian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Ebony
19th Century British Aesthetic Movement Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Steel
Late 18th Century Mexican Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
1750s French Louis XIV Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass
18th Century English Georgian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell, Wood
Mid-17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Silver, Brass
19th Century French Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Ormolu, Brass, Bronze
19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Late 19th Century English Queen Anne Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
19th Century Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Brass, Bronze
1910s British Art Deco Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Sterling Silver
1920s American Art Deco Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century English Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
Early 1900s Italian Baroque Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Glass, Ebony
18th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Ormolu
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Silver Leaf
Early 19th Century French Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Mercury Glass, Tortoise Shell
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Tortoise Shell
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Bone, Tortoise Shell
19th Century English Regency Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
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2010s Danish Modern Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
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21st Century and Contemporary American Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
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Late 20th Century Italian Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
Metal
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Antique Tortoise Shell Mirror
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Brass
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Brass
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Brass
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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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