Empire Style Wall Mirror
Vintage 1960s American Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror
Vintage 1960s Unknown Empire Wall Mirrors
Metal
20th Century Wall Mirrors
Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Empire Revival Wall Mirrors
Walnut
Antique 1890s Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 1820s French Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Marble
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique 19th Century Danish Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Pearwood, Lacquer
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Wall Mirrors
Bronze
Vintage 1920s French Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century Danish Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Fruitwood, Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century English Empire Wall Mirrors
Ormolu
Early 20th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1970s Italian Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century British Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Ormolu
Vintage 1950s French Empire Wall Mirrors
Porcelain, Mirror
Antique Late 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Wood
Vintage 1940s French Empire Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Wood, Mirror
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
Late 20th Century Italian Empire Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1970s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique Mid-19th Century European Empire Revival Wall Mirrors
Plaster, Wood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Ormolu
Late 20th Century Unknown Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Metal
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique 1810s Italian Empire Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary American Empire Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
Antique Mid-19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Brass
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Wall Mirrors
Softwood, Mahogany
Vintage 1970s Spanish Empire Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1970s Spanish Empire Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1970s Spanish Empire Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood, Giltwood
20th Century Belgian Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1970s Spanish Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood
Vintage 1970s Spanish Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century European Empire Revival Wall Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
20th Century Empire Wall Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Empire Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1930s American Wall Mirrors
Wood, Gesso, Mirror
Vintage 1970s Spanish Empire Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1970s Spanish Empire Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1970s European Art Deco Wall Mirrors
Belgian Black Marble, Brass
Vintage 1970s European Empire Revival Wall Mirrors
Silver
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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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