Florentine Mirror Frame
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Picture Frames
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
Giltwood, Paint
20th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century Aesthetic Movement Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Country Wall Mirrors
Glass, Softwood
Antique 17th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Tortoise Shell, Fruitwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Picture Frames
Giltwood, Paint
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Mantel Mirrors and Fireplac...
Mirror, Wood
Antique Early 1900s Rococo Revival Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Italian Country Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Baroque Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1960s Italian Rococo Revival Wall Lights and Sconces
Crystal, Iron
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Picture Frames
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Italian Biedermeier Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Glass
Antique 19th Century Italian Biedermeier Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 1880s Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Antique Early 1900s Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Picture Frames
Early 20th Century British Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1940s Italian More Mirrors
Vintage 1940s Italian Baroque Revival Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
Vintage 1940s Italian Wall Mirrors
Bronze
Early 20th Century European Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Copper, Silver Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Wall Mirrors
Synthetic, Mirror, Glass
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Picture Frames
Mid-20th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 1890s Italian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Italian Rococo Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Giltwood
Late 20th Century American Baroque More Mirrors
Pine
Antique 19th Century Italian Biedermeier Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Picture Frames
Giltwood, Mirror
Vintage 1950s Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Glass
Antique 1870s Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Giltwood, Mirror
Vintage 1930s Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Silver Leaf
Vintage 1980s Italian Bohemian Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
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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.
- Can I add a frame to a mirror?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, you can add a frame to a mirror. However, doing so requires skill and care to avoid damaging the glass. As a result, it is best to take the mirror to a furniture maker or carpenter to have a frame installed. On 1stDibs, shop a wide variety of wall mirrors.
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