Gilt Carved Bird Mirror
Antique 19th Century English Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century English George III Pier Mirrors and Console Mir...
Wood, Giltwood
20th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1910s English Georgian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Beech
Antique Mid-19th Century English Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Giltwood
Antique 1790s Austrian Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Convex Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and...
Giltwood
Antique 1750s French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century British Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 20th Century Italian Chinese Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 18th Century English Chinese Chippendale Pier Mirrors and Consol...
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 20th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Satinwood, Mirror
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Other Wall Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century North American Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century French Baroque Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Wood
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Walnut, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century American Federal Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century Georgian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 18th Century American Federal Wall Mirrors
Mahogany, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Trumeau Mirrors
Antique 18th Century English Wall Mirrors
Walnut
Antique Early 19th Century European Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 18th Century Rococo Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Mantel Mirrors and Firepla...
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and Fire...
Wood
Antique Late 19th Century English George III Pier Mirrors and Console Mi...
Wood, Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Italian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Wood, Glass, Gesso
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Louis XVI Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 18th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary American Georgian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood
2010s English Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1930s French Louis XV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Walnut
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century European Rococo Wall Mirrors
Other
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Floor Mirrors and...
Mirror, Wood
Antique Early 1900s English Wall Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Wood
2010s English Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique Early 19th Century French Chinoiserie Mantel Mirrors and Firepla...
Metallic Thread
Antique 19th Century English Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III 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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