Grotto Mirror
Dolphin Grotto Mirror
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A finely carved oval grotto mirror with stylized dolphins centred by a scallop shell.
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21st Century and Contemporary English Regency Mantel Mirrors and Firepla...
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Vintage Coastal Grotto Faux Shells Mirror or Centrepiece
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage Grotyo Coastal Relirf Faux Shell Mirror. Great coastal decor piece.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Organic Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Composition
$260 Sale Price
60% Off
H 4 in W 17 in D 17 in
A Swedish Grotto-Style Mirror with a Carved Wood and Gesso Gilt Frame
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Grotto-style mirror with a carved wood and gesso gilt frame, topped with an oversized
Category
Antique 1880s Swedish Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Hollywood Regency Shell Form Grotto Console Hall Table & Mirror - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Pair of Antique Italian Hollywood Regency Shell & Marble Grotto Console Hall Table & Mirror
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Early 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Pier Mirrors and Console Mi...
Materials
Marble
$18,000 / set
H 66 in W 40.5 in D 4 in
Massive and Elaborate Grand Entry Pier Mirror And Console
Located in Bridgeport, CT
interesting sinuous form in a very interesting Grotto Style. The Mirror is large and impressive having shell
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Antique Late 19th Century Baroque Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Oak
Recent Sales
Grotto mirror and console
Located in Stamford, CT
Atlantic ocean shell adorned Baroque mirror and console. Set in cement.
Category
Early 20th Century French Console Tables
Large Pair of Rare English Carved Mahogany Grotto Mirrors
Located in Kent, Dover
the grotto manner, depicting dolphins and shells. They have wooden panelled backs and old mirror
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Vintage 1910s English Wall Mirrors
Grotto Style Oyster Shell Mirror
Located in East Hampton, NY
Large oyster shell Grotto mirror with replaced antiqued glass.
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Mid-20th Century Wall Mirrors
Grotto Style Shell Encrusted Wall Mirror
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A grotto style mirror, encrusted with many varieties of white shells and coral. The beveled mirror
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Vintage 1960s American Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Grotto Style Mirrors with Shelves
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautifully carved and gilded pair of mirrored wall shelves in the Italian Grotto style. Reduced
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20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
20th c. Venetian Grotto Style Seashell Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Twentieth century Venetian Grotto style wall mirror featuring a rectangular panel of mirrored glass
Category
20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror, Shell
Vintage Grotto Style Oval Seashell Encrusted Mirror
Located in Charleston, SC
Wonderful intricate crafted mirror with hundreds of perfectly place. These organic shaped shells in
Category
Vintage 1960s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Shell, Mirror
Pauly et Cie Italian Venetian Grotto Seashell Polychromed Wall Mirror
By Pauly et Cie
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Venetian Grotto (19th Century) silver gilt and polychromed vertical wall mirror on small
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Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Silver
Antique Grotto Style Natural Seashell Framed Wall Mirror, Circa 1900
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique grotto style natural seashell encrusted framed wall mirror profusely decorated with a wide
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Early 20th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Shell, Mirror, Organic Material, Wood
20th Century Grotto Style Shell and Crystal Wall Mirror
Located in London, by appointment only
A fabulous 20th century Grotto style wall mirror, the frame profusely decorated with shells, corals
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Crystal
Northern Italian Rococo Period Grotto Style Mirror, Mid-18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having an open shell-form top in the "grotto" style with conforming shell form wings, the antique
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Late 19th Century Brown Italian Venetian Carved Grotto Cheval Mirror
Located in Berlin, DE
This beautiful late 19th century Venetian carved Grotto cheval mirror has its original mirror glass
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Rococo Revival Floor Mirrors and Full-...
Materials
Mirror, Pine
Grotto Style Shell Decorated Mirror 40" x 30" Great Composition, Detail & Depth
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Grotto style shell decorated mirror. Measures: Height 40 x width 30 inches. Great composition and
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20th Century American Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Shell
Large Italian Carved Silvered Giltwood Venetian Scalloped Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
Venetian Grotto style carved scalloped mirror, silver and gold gilt with undulating inner and outer
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Vintage 1950s Italian Rococo Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Peasant couple in grottos, with mirrored backgrounds.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Peasant couple in grottos, with mirrored backgrounds. Floral and animal decor. Work in painted
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Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Art
Materials
Mirror
Grotto Shell Framed Console Mirror
Located in Westwood, NJ
Grotto Shell Framed Console Mirror, Inlaid with Abalone, Quartz, Malachite, Coral and assorted
Category
20th Century Decorative Art
Venetian Wood Grotto Sconces with Mirror Back
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th Century Italian carved wood Grotto sconces with verdigris details. Mirror back
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Italian gilt wood Mirror in the Venetian Grotto Style
Located in Danville, CA
Fantastic carved and gilt wood Mirror in the Grotto style.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Glass
Large Vintage Grotto Style Seashell Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional and expertly hand crafted large seashell mirror.
Made in the early to mid 20th
Category
Mid-20th Century Wall Mirrors
Materials
Shell, Mirror
Grotto Style Mirror with Shell Motif
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Magnificent grotto style mirror comprised of hundreds of shells including periwinkle, barnacle
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Shell, Mirror
Grotto Style French Driftwood Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Grotto style wall mirror artfully created with found driftwood presenting in a very sculptural and
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Driftwood
Fantastic Italian Made Gold and Silver Leaf Grotto Style Mirror
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful Grotto style mirror of the Rococo manner. The mirror is hand-carved scalloped
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Vintage 1940s Italian Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Regency Style Italian Mirrored and Gilt Cast Shell Grotto Form Console Table
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a Hollywood Regency Era mirrored console table. The top is intentionally distressed mirror
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Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Console Tables
Materials
Mirror, Plaster, Poplar
H 33.75 in W 60.5 in D 24.25 in
Maitland-Smith Large Grotto Style Mirrored and Brass Shell Form Sconces, a Pair
By Maitland Smith
Located in Kennesaw, GA
These are Maitland -Smith large scale mirrored and brass shell form sconces with Regency Era
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Late 20th Century Philippine Regency Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Brass
H 21 in W 17 in D 12 in
Grotto Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very charming and decorative continential carved and painted wooden Grotto mirror.
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Paint
Venetian Grotto Mirror
Located in Tacoma, WA
A large oval 18th century Venetian giltwood grotto mirror surrounded with figures of Pan. The base
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Pair of grotto mirrors
Located in London, GB
A matching pair of French carved and painted grotto mirrors, 20th century.
Category
20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
George III style grotto mirror
Located in London, GB
A grotto mirror decorated with shells, in the George III style, possibly by Anthony Redmile, circa
Category
Vintage 1970s English More Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
SALE: Grotto Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
SALE $1,450 (50%) / ORIGINAL $2,900
+ A modern rococo fantasy mirror
+ Three dimensional relief
Category
Vintage 1960s American Sunburst Mirrors
Materials
Resin, Mirror
Palm Beach-Glam Bespoke Arch-Topped Grotto Mirror with Sea Shells
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This beautiful bespoke sea-shell grotto mirror has that Palm Beach, Venetian fantasy look to it
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Late 20th Century American Wall Mirrors
Materials
Shell
Rare and Unusual 19th Century Burr or Root-Work Grotto Mirror
Located in London, GB
The shaped plate contained within a deep, naturally formed wooden burr. The surface has acquired a wonderful depth of color and patination both to the front and the back.
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Antique 1860s English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Sea Shell Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sea Shell encrusted grotto mirror comprising various tones of shells in pink and white with white
Category
20th Century American Wall Mirrors
Materials
Coral
Shell Decorated Grotto Style Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Uniquely adorned with shelves over an iron framed mirror -
- spectacular scale and design. Truly
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Iron
Vintage Grotto Shell Mirror Argentina, 1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mirror comes to us from the collection of a prominent and extraordinarily low profiled
Category
Vintage 1970s Argentine Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Cast Stone, Metal
Italian Grotto Style Shell Encrusted Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
The cartouche shaped mirror plate with a frame encrusted with both fresh and saltwater shells.
Category
20th Century Italian More Mirrors
Materials
Shell, Glass, Wood
Large 1950's "Sea Flora" Wall Mirror
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Beautiful, carved wood and gesso wall mirror with a "grotto-like" motiff. Visually and stylisically
Category
Vintage 1950s Unknown Decorative Art
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Mirror
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Italian Mid-Century Vanity Console by Cesare Lacca with Mirror in Burl Walnut
By Cesare Lacca
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Code: FH27
Majestic vanity dressing table console with mirror, 1950s by Cesare Lacca per La Permanente Mobili Cantù , in burl walnut folder. Large shaped mirror. Console with two si...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Burl
$12,600
H 71.2 in W 54.4 in D 16 in
Striking Art Nouveau Ceramic and Bronze-Mounted Vase in Victor Horta Style
By Victor Horta
Located in Lisse, NL
Top condition and pure elegance Art Nouveau vase.
For the collectors of museum quality and condition Art Nouveau ceramics. This stunning Art Nouveau vase is decorated with the mos...
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Early 20th Century European Art Nouveau Vases
Materials
Bronze
$2,884
H 10.75 in W 5.25 in D 4.4 in
Solid Walnut Dovetail Record Crate
By Blake Tovin, Matt Richmond
Located in Nyack, NY
As avid record collectors we all have albums we want close at hand. Whether storing new finds or favorite titles that are in heavy rotation, our dovetail record crate is the perfect ...
Category
2010s American Modern Music Stands
Materials
Brass
French Late 18th Century Louis XVI Style Settee
Located in Louisville, KY
What interesting secrets this settee must possess. Imagine this piece in a bedroom of an historic French chateau in the countryside. Petite, yet bold in character from the design to ...
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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Settees
Materials
Brass
Fantastic Kitchen Island Repurposed from a Wisconsin Butcher's Table Restored.
Located in Chicago, IL
Fantastic Kitchen Island Repurposed from a Wisconsin Butcher's Table Restored. One of our favorite pickers found this extremely rare American made early 1900's Butcher's Table in the...
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Vintage 1920s American Industrial Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
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$4,950
H 33.5 in W 67.25 in D 29.25 in
Dong Son Culture Ritual Bronze Drum, 4th-3rd Century BC, Vietnam
Located in Austin, TX
A well cast and intricately decorated bronze drum from the Dong Son culture, circa 4th - 3rd century BC, Red River Delta, Vietnam.
The face of the drum features a central 8 pointed...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Korean Campaign Style Secrétaire Cabinet Chest with Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Asian campaign style cabinet featuring two large front doors that open to reveal a drop down writing desk and fitted with numerous storage drawers. Adorned with opulent br...
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20th Century Korean Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
$2,200 Sale Price
43% Off
H 50.5 in W 34.5 in D 25.5 in
French Empire Revival 19th Century Giltwood Carved Figural Console and Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine French Empire Revival 19th century giltwood and Gesso carved figural console table with matching mirror. The "D" shaped top console raised by a pair of seated winged sphinxes ...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Revival Console Tables
Materials
Marble
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20% Off
H 120 in W 48.5 in D 24.5 in
fferrone Contemporary Modern Mirror Polished Stainless Steel Candle Wall Scone
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Strikingly simple and minimal, the contemporary, modern, asymmetrical candle wall sconce, made from mirror polish stainless steel, reflects the light doubling it’s effect which perfe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candle Sconces
Materials
Stainless Steel
$710 / item
H 14.5 in W 7.5 in D 1.5 in
Mid Century Modern Vintage Cardboard Wiggle Side Chair by Frank O. Gehry, 1972
By Frank Gehry
Located in Vienna, AT
A mid century modern vintage cardboard wiggle chair, which is a great design side chair by Frank O. Gehry, 1972 for Jack Brogan, USA 1972-1973.
Reissued by Vitra from 1992 as Wiggle ...
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Paper
$5,047
H 33.08 in W 14.18 in D 23.63 in
Tete a tete by Hugo Franca
By Hugo França
Located in San Francisco, CA
A tete a tete by Hugo Franca made of naturally fallen Brazilian hardwood trees. The design is made of opposing seats on two semi circular bases,
Brazil, circa 1990.
Category
20th Century Brazilian Organic Modern Loveseats
Materials
Hardwood
Brutalist Torch-Cut Iron Low Table with Circular Glass Top, 1970s
By Paul Evans
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Interesting handmade low table with torch-cut Iron base and a circular glass top, in the manner of Silas Seandel or Paul Evans. Great texture and negative space in the metal of the b...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Brutalist Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
$479 Sale Price
60% Off
H 16.75 in Dm 36 in
Fine and Important Pair of Polychrome Decorated Giltwood Mirrors
Located in London, GB
Each with a rectangular plate within a stiff leaf, entwined vine and fleur de lis carved surround, the cresting centred by an armorial shield for the Thorold baronets surmounted by a...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Baroque Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
$131,311 / set
H 59.45 in W 46.07 in D 4.73 in
Spanish Rococo Giltwood Mirror with Foliage Carving Frame
Located in Barcelona, ES
Rococo Finely Carved Giltwood Mirror with Crest, Spain, 1930s
Outstanding wall mirror with richly carved frame and gilt patina.
This fine rococo mirror has a foliage design showing d...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Gustavian style Chest of Drawers from the Late 18th Century
Located in Stahnsdorf, DE
Gustavian-style Chest of Drawers from the Late 18th Century
This exquisite chest of drawers dates back to around 1790, representing the elegance of the Gustavian style. Crafted fro...
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Grotto Mirror For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal grotto mirror for your home. A grotto mirror — often made from wood, glass and mirror — can elevate any home. Find 17 options for an antique or vintage grotto mirror now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer grotto mirror, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A grotto mirror, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Regency or Rococo style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is a Grotto Mirror?
Prices for a grotto mirror can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,650 and can go as high as $37,500, while the average can fetch as much as $5,800.
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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