Gold Gilt Pagoda Mirror
Mid-20th Century American Anglo-Japanese Wall Mirrors
Faux Bamboo, Wood, Mirror, Paint
Vintage 1970s Italian George II Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
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Mahogany
20th Century European Chinese Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...
Wood
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Metallic Thread
2010s English Chippendale Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Copper, Gold
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Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs
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Vintage 1960s Shelves
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Vintage 1970s British Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
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Late 20th Century American Rococo Wall Mirrors
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Vintage 1950s North American Chinese Chippendale Wall Mirrors
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Wood, Mirror
Late 20th Century Italian Chinese Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century English Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century British Chinese Chippendale Girandoles
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1950s Italian Chinese Chippendale Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Aesthetic Movement Floor Mirrors and ...
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood, Velvet
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Wood
Late 20th Century Chinese Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Early 20th Century Chinese Chippendale Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Gesso
Antique 1820s Italian Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Early 20th Century Chinese Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Pier Mirrors and Consol...
Gold Leaf
Antique 1880s French Japonisme Coat Racks and Stands
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Vintage 1960s American Wall Mirrors
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Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie 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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