French Art Nouveau Carved Giltwood Mirror
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1910s Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
20th Century French Art Nouveau Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Silver Leaf
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
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Vintage 1950s British Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1820s French Charles X Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mahogany, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century Louis XIV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
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Antique 1890s American Eastlake Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
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20th Century British Wall Mirrors
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2010s British Minimalist Wall Mirrors
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Vintage 1980s Italian More Mirrors
Brass
Antique 19th Century American American Classical Beds and Bed Frames
Metal
Antique Early 1900s French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
20th Century Dutch Art Nouveau Table Mirrors
Pewter
Early 20th Century Italian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror
Vintage 1960s French Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique 19th Century English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century Sheraton Bookcases
Bronze, Ormolu
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Antique 19th Century European Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Vintage 1960s French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Mahogany, Giltwood, Lacquer
Vintage 1950s Art Nouveau Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mahogany, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Decorative Art
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Decorative Art
Gold, Gold Leaf
Antique Early 19th Century French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Vintage 1930s French Art Nouveau Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Sunburst Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Composition
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century French Console Tables
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Giltwood, Mirror, Paint
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.