Antique 19th-Century Engraved Gold Leaf Gilt French Louis Philippe Mantle Mirror
Located in Casteren, NL
This elegant antique mantle mirror was made in southern France in the late 19th century, circa 1880.
Gold Leaf
French Gilt Gold over the Mantle or Console Trumeau Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
An antique French gilt gold over the mantle or console Trumeau mirror.
Wood
Irish Mid-19th Century Carved Gilt Neoclassical Over-Mantle Mirror
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Unusual Irish mid-19th century three-panel neo-classical carved and gilt over-mantle mirror, the frame with broad molded cornice and central shell motif and with fluted pilasters fla...
Giltwood
French 19th Century Giltwood Over-Mantle Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A brilliant 19th century giltwood over-mantle mirror, made in France circa 1870. The mirror is large and beautiful.
Mercury Glass, Hardwood
19th Century Regency Mantle or Full Length Gilt Wood Mirror
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Late nineteenth century Regency style gilt wood mirror. Originally hung above a mantel.
Large Pier Luigi Colli Wall or Mantle Mirror in Gilded Wrought Iron, 1950s Italy
By Pier Luigi Colli, Colli Torino, Gio Ponti
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Distinctive, luxurious and ornate full-size Pier Luigi Colli wall mirror in gilded (golden) wrought iron. Exquisite blend of modernity and classical motifs. Produced by the family-o...
Gold, Brass, Wrought Iron
Antique French Louis XIV Style Giltwood Triptych Over Mantle Mirror C1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Ask About Reduced In-House Delivery Rates - Reliable Professional Service & Fully Insured*** Antique French Louis XIV Style Giltwood Triptych Beveled Over Mantle Mirror with Folia...
Mirror, Wood
Early 19th Century French Mantle Mirror of Exceptional Proportions
Located in Hastings, GB
A quite extraordinary gilt French mirror, dating to the early 1800’s, the huge scale gilt gesso over wood frame, and thick mercury glass plate give this piece a fantastic look. It...
Giltwood
19th Century Carved Gilt Gold Pier, Console, Floor or over the Mantle Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
An enormous monumental 19th century carved gilt gold pier, console, floor, full length or over the mantle mirror.
Giltwood
Large Antique French Rococo Giltwood Triptych Over Mantle Wall Mirror 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
An oversized French Rococo over mantel mirror offers giltwood frame in scroll, foliate and lattice form and having large primary mirror flanked by two smaller, 19th century Measur...
Wood, Mirror
19th C. American Empire Column Form Giltwood Over Mantle Triptych Wall Mirror
Located in Doylestown, PA
Classically styled 19th century Empire giltwood over mantle three-section wall mirror, circa 1810-1820. It is decorated with carved rosette corners and diminutive floral and acanthus...
Mirror, Giltwood
Sold|$3,684
Fine Napoleon III Giltwood Mirror
Located in Kent, Dover
A fine French Napoleon III carved gilt wood over mantle mirror.
French 19th Century Louis Philippe Giltwood Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This is a French 19th century Louis Philippe gold gilt mantle mirror with its original mirror plate.
Mirror, Giltwood
Sold|$1,705
Antique gilt over mantle mirror
Located in Salisbury, GB
Antique gilt over mantle This Antique gilt over mantle was made circa 1840.
Giltwood
Louis XVI Polychrome & Parcel Gilt Over Mantle Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This french mirror, from the late 18th Century, features a rectangular mirror plate set below a beautifully carved wood "trophy" and carved swag detail. Each side of the mirror is fl...
Sold|$7,500
Gilt Rococo Revival Mantle Mirror
Located in Long Island, NY
A Mid 19thC Rococo Revival Mantel Mirror, beautiful detail of flowers, grapes leaves, & C scrolls. The original plate glass in good condition, as is the original gilt gesso. Also, in...
Gesso, Mirror
Sold|$3,070
Regency Gilt over Mantle Mirror
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Regency gilt over mantle mirror This Regency gilt over mantle mirror was made circa 1825 Having a large central mirror and a smaller mirror to each side divided by a slip with reed...
Giltwood
Sold|$1,700
19th Century French Gilt-wood Mantle Mirror
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
19th Century French Architectural elements border the giltwood frame of this mantle mirror. Stepped crown has Grecian inspired 19th Century leaves torches and arrows at center
Mirror
Sold|$2,800
Italian Gilt Wood Over-Mantle Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
Elaborately carved gilt wood over-mantle mirror from Italy, c. 1960.
Giltwood
Victorian Gilt Mantle Mirror with Florid Details, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A stunning Victorian style gilt mirror with intricate frame and floral carving, 20th century. Can be hung portrait or landscape. Frame really makes this stand out, very florid detail...
Resin
English Gilt Chippendale Mantle Mirror Rococo Frame
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Stunning Chippendale style gilt mantel mirror. Great look to this piece, very classy and stylish. Frame intricately carved with floral motifs and Rococo flourishes. Glass is clear...
English Regency gilt over mantle 3 plate mirror
Located in Salisbury, GB
Regency gilt over mantle This Regency gilt over mantle was made circa 1820.
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Rococo Parcel Gilt Putti Mantle Mirror
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Impressive Italian rococo paint decorated and parcel gilt carved mantle mirror. Outstepped rectangular cornice with outset corners over dentillated molding centering carved scroll l...
Sold|$950
Antique Three Panel Mantle Mirror
Located in Katonah, NY
Late 1800s three panel mantle mirror. Originally mahogany and gilt but has been updated with a gray /white faux finish.
Mahogany
Large Louis Philippe Mantle Mirror with Original Reflector
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A large and impressive Louis Philippe over mantel mirror having delicate beaded detail and original mercury glass reflector. The late 19th century French looking glass has a commandi...
Wood
English Country House 19th Century Gilt over Mantle Mirror, circa 1870
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
19th century gilt over mantle mirror This 19th century gilt over mantle mirror was made circa 1870.
Giltwood
English Country House 19th Century Gilt over Mantle Mirror, circa 1870
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
19th century gilt over mantle mirror This 19th century gilt over mantle mirror was made circa 1870.
Giltwood
Sold|$3,070
Victorian Gilt Over Mantle, circa 1870
Located in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Victorian gilt over mantle This Victorian gilt over mantle was made circa 1870 Having the original mercurial glass deep hand cut beveled mirror plate in the beautifully decorated f...
Giltwood
Antique Giltwood Wall Mirror or over Mantle Mirror, Late 19th Century
Located in Honiton, Devon
Very smart antique gilt wood wall mirror / overmantel mirror. French and dated circa 1890. This delightful mirror is in fine condition with attractive gilding and carving to the cr...
Pine
A Beautiful Large Victorian Period Carved Gilt-wood & Gesso Mirror
Located in Darwen, GB
A Beautiful large Victorian Period carved gilt wood & gesso mirror/over-mantle. Having a lovely carved armorial crest above a sun flower gesso frieze with nicely carved spandrels, re...
Giltwood
Late 19th Century Large French Painted & Parcel Gilt Trumeau
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Beautiful Louis XVI Style painted and parcel Gilt over-mantle mirror of large scale. Step arched beveled mirror plate within fabulous handcarved twisted acanthus garland frame and b...
Sold|$3,200
Regency gilt wood mantle mirror
Located in Chamblee, GA
Early 19th Century English Regency gilt wood over the mantle mirror with Roman figures in relief and original beveled glass panels.
Sold|$3,200
French Giltwood Mirror
Located in Manhattan, NY
Lovely French Gilt over mantle or hall mirror
Giltwood
Sold|$8,500
Antique French Mirror
Located in Seattle, WA
Antique French Gilt over-mantle mirror. Laurel leaf and armoral crest pediment.
Glass
Sold|$5,950
Mecca Giltwood Overmantel Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th or early 19th Century Italian gilt wood over mantle mirror.
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique French 19th Century Gilt Mirror, Over Mantle, Wall, France 1880, H296
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique French 19th Century Gilt Mirror, Over Mantle, Wall Mirror, France 1880, H296 France 1880 Original Finish Carved top with carved leaf Frieze underneath Original mirrored gla...
Mirror
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.
In "Object Permanence 4," on view at the 1stdibs Gallery, Emma Holland Denvir and Leah Ring have brought together pieces that range from polished to playful.
A new generation of creative minds is reinventing the use of clay through sculptural forms and bold ideas.
Leading talents tell us what goes into their mirrored creations and where to put them on a wall.
These are the fairest of them all.