Faux Tortoiseshell Mirror
Antique Early 1900s Italian Wall Mirrors
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Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Vintage 1960s English Chinese Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Bamboo
20th Century Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Tortoise Shell, Mirror
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Wood, Paint
20th Century American Baroque Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Late 20th Century Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Vintage 1970s North American Hollywood Regency Console Tables
Faux Bamboo
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Mirror, Wood
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2010s North American Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Chairs
Bamboo, Rattan
20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Chairs
Bamboo, Rattan
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Night Stands
Wood
Mid-20th Century Bohemian Desk Sets
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Chairs
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Table Mirrors
Brass
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Brass
Vintage 1970s French Wall Mirrors
Chrome
Antique Early 1800s French Wall Mirrors
Hardwood
Antique 19th Century English Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIII Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Pine
20th Century Unknown Wall Mirrors
Wood, Paint
Vintage 1940s French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Wood, Glass
Antique Mid-19th Century Dutch Wall Mirrors
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Glass
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
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Mid-20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Resin
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Wall Mirrors
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Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood
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Beech
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Vintage 1960s Hollywood Regency Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
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Mirror
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
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Shell, Fiberglass, Plywood
Antique 19th Century Italian Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Wall Mirrors
Early 20th Century Italian Wardrobes and Armoires
Wood
Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Cabinets
Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Pine
Antique 17th Century Dutch Baroque Cabinets
Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Pine
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Tortoise Shell
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Mirror, Wood
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Mirror
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Brass
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Glass
Antique 19th Century English More Mirrors
Wood
Antique Early 1900s English Baroque Wall Mirrors
Tortoise Shell, Wood
Antique 18th Century European Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American More Mirrors
Mirror
Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
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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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