French Gilt Over Mantel Mirror
Early 20th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood, Gesso, Mirror
Antique Mid-19th Century French Provincial Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace ...
Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Hardwood
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firepl...
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firep...
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firep...
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firep...
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firepl...
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firep...
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Régence Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firep...
Gold Leaf
Antique 1860s French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firep...
Silver Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Antique 1880s French Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Baroque Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mir...
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century European Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Marble
Early 20th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Chinoiserie Mantel Mirrors and Firepla...
Metallic Thread
Vintage 1920s English Art Deco Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firepl...
Giltwood
Antique Early 1800s French Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firepl...
Giltwood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace ...
Wood, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Mantel Mirrors and Fi...
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Restauration Wall Mirrors
Wool, Wood, Gesso
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Bronze, Ormolu
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Trumeau Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Canvas
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Wall Mirrors
Gold
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Wood
Early 20th Century French Hollywood Regency Pier Mirrors and Console Mir...
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Sunburst Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1780s French Trumeau Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century French Sunburst Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood, Wood, Mirror
Antique 1860s French Beaux Arts Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Clocks
Ormolu
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Table Mirrors
Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Gesso
Vintage 1920s French Régence Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century British Regency Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Antique Late 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Ormolu
2010s French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Vintage 1940s American Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Bronze, Ormolu
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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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