Hippocampus Regency Convex Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Regency period giltwood convex mirror having well-carved hippocampus on a rocky ground cresting above turned frame with gilt balls and toothed rim, acanthus leaves holding twist...
Brass
Early 19th Century Giltwood Bull’s Eye Mirror with Mythological Hippocampus
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 19th Century Giltwood Bull’s Eye Mirror with Mythological Hippocampus/ Sea Horse Carved Crest
Giltwood
$15,800 / item
English Regency Gilded Convex Mirrors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Period hand-carved, English Regency, gilded and painted convex mirrors topped with hippocampus. Sold separately.
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
$22,500 / set
Pair 18th century Italian gilt mirrors
Located in Augusta, GA
Pair 18th century Italian gilt mirrors with hippocampus urns and flowers with original mirror plates
Wood
Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror with Hippocampus
Located in Westwood, NJ
Fine Regency giltwood convex mirror with eagle crest and sunflower and foliate shoulders, a double hippocampus and scallop shell drop.
Pair of 19th Century Regency Convex Mirror Girandoles with Hippocampus
Located in Essex, MA
Rare pair of Regency convex or bullseye mirrors --Original gilding being conserved and restored at the moment. Original girandole candle arms. Original convex mirrors and silvering -...
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique American Federal Style Convex or Bullseye Carved Gold Leaf Mirror
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Rare and important Antique American Federal style convex or bullseye gold leaf mirror with hand carved wood and gesso frame. 6" D (at pediment) Please note very rare seahorse o...
Gold Leaf
English Giltwod Convex Mirror w/ Hippocampus
Located in Natchez, MS
Early 19th c. Gilt wood convex mirror surmounted with two dolphins and a hippocampus.
Giltwood, Mirror
Regency Hippocampus Convex Gilt Mirror
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
A fine Regency Period Carved Giltwood and Gesso Convex Mirror, the plate within a moulded frame with ball decoration surmounted by a Hippocampus on a rocky base, flanked by scrolling...
Sold
H 53 in W 29.25 in D 4 in
Mid-20th Century Italian Hippocampus Giltwood Mirror, Marked 'Made in Italy'
Located in Atlanta, GA
Mid-20th century italian hippocampus giltwood mirror, marked 'Made in Italy'.
Mirror, Giltwood
Period English Regency convex mirror
Located in Vancouver, BC
A beautifully carved pine and water gilt early 19thC English Regency convex mirror, the lower part decorated with garlands and swags and two side candleholders with cut crystal bobec...
Crystal
19th Century Regency Period Convex Mirror
Located in London, GB
A very fine early 19th century Regency period parcel gilded and ebonized convex mirror, having a hippocampus amid stylized foliage, set upon a rope twist frame, having a foliate apro...
Regency Bull's-Eye Mirror
Located in Nashville, TN
Regency Bull's-Eye Mirror with Hippocampus decoration surmounted by an eagle with gilt finish.
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Georgian Carved "Stag" Giltwood Convex Mirrors, circa 1820
Located in Incline Village, NV
These are from the Thomas Devenish Collection (documented below; see provenance). This pair of mirrors represents the transition period of rococo to neoclassical aesthetic which cont...
Giltwood, Mirror
19th Century Convex Mirror with Original Glass
Located in Houston, TX
19th century convex mirror with original glass from the Regency period. Beautiful water gilding.
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
$60,741
H 88.98 in W 70.87 in D 94.89 in
Renaissance Style Oak Tester 4 Poster Bed Armorial Tapestry Bedspread King Size
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A vintage king size oak tester or four poster bed in the Renaissance style. Hand carved with Adam & Eve carvings in the headboard, figurative sculptures in the bedposts, three carve...
Oak
Regency Convex Giltwood Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine Regency giltwood convex mirror, the ebonized eagle with gilt head and shoulders standing on ribbed plinth with acanthus leaf supports, the turned frame with gilt balls and beade...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror
Located in London, GB
An Regency period giltwood convex mirror, English, circa 1825, having a well carved eagle on a rocky outcrop above interlocking leaf and scrolls leading to detailed circular frame in...
Giltwood
Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine regency period carved giltwood convex mirror mounted with an Eagle and with two candle arms.
Giltwood
19th Century Carved Giltwood Convex Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Antique English Regency carved giltwood convex mirror, circa 1820 in date. The convex mirror is surrounded by an ebonized elegant reeded slip and a giltwood moulded frieze with ball ...
Gold Leaf
Regency Giltwood Circular Convex Mirror
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming Regency Period Circular Giltwood And Gesso Convex Mirror Of Good Bold Proportions, Having Superbly Carved Eagle Surmounted To Frame, With Original Gilded Surface And Appli...
Gesso, Giltwood
$18,975
H 48 in W 31.5 in D 3 in
Neoclassical Regency Giltwood and Ebonized Convex Mirror, Signed and Dated 1813
Located in Kinderhook, NY
English regency period, possibly Irish, neoclassical style convex mirror of good size having giltwood and ebonized frame; the elaborate cresting with ancient Roman Army iconography o...
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century English Regency Gilt Wall Mirrors with Lion Heads
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of English Regency gilt rectangular wall mirrors with swirl column sides under a cornice with an ebonized female mask and two lion head ornaments. (PRICED AS Pair).
Gold Leaf
$13,900
H 38.25 in W 21.75 in D 10.75 in
Regency Convex Mirror, Giltwood Frame, Eagle Crest, England, c. 1820
Located in Wichita, KS
A fine Regency original giltwood mirror with convex mirror plate. The frame features carved lotus flower terminals meeting at the four compass points. The mirror is topped by a crest...
Brass
Antique English Regency Gilt Convex Mirror
Located in London, GB
An exceptional Regency period convex carved wood, gilt and gesso convex mirror circa 1810. The carved wood pediment of perched dragon with spread wings and coiled serpent tail, crest...
Giltwood
Monumental English Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror, circa 1820
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A circa 1820 Regency gilt convex mirror of grand proportions and typically form. Ebonised reeded slip, applied gilt spheres and surmounted by an eagle perched with its wings sprea...
Mirror, Giltwood
Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror
Located in Woodbury, CT
Regency gilt convex mirror with surmounted eagle flanked by cascading leaves and rosettes with delicate chains ending with a tassel. Original mirror plate.
Giltwood, Mirror
Giltwood Convex Mirror 19th Century
Located in Hudson, NY
Regency carved giltwood convex mirror, circa 1820 in date. The convex mirror is surrounded by an ebonized elegant reeded slip and a giltwood moulded frieze with ball mounts. The carv...
Gold Leaf
Magnificent Pair of Regency Period Convex Wall Mirror, 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A magnificent pair of Regency period carved giltwood convex wall mirror, having ebonized eagles perched above the carved rocky outcrops, scrolling leaf decoration either side, inset ...
Giltwood
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.