Egg and Dart Dolphin Convex
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A Regency convex mirror with paterae, egg and dart decoration, surmounted by entwined stylised dolphins.
Giltwood
$7,591 / item
Egg and Dart Convex Mirror in the Regency manner
By Sir John Soane
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
The outer frame is carved with egg and dart moulding and is divided by a textured ground.
Wood
French 19th Century Symmetrical Egg & Dart Gilt Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning 19th century French gold gilt mirror of thick egg & dart molding around the original glass.
Gold
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Antique Victorian Quartersawn Oak Beveled Egg & Dart Vanity Mirror 34"
Located in Dayton, OH
Very impressive Antique Victorian wall mirror. Made of quartersawn oak featuring notched corners with egg and dart molding, and a beveled mirror flanked by diamond medallions.
Mirror, Oak
Large English Burl Wood and Gilt Mirror with Egg and Dart Motifs, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large English burl wood mirror from the late 19th century, with gilt accents and egg and dart motifs.
Mirror, Burl
Pair of Carved-Wood Mirrors, Gold Frame w/Egg-and-Dart & Lamb's Tongue Trim
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage pair of nicely sized, carved wood gold-tone wall mirrors. These American-made mirrors are each carved with an egg-and-dart motif about the edge, and a petite lambs tongue t...
Mirror, Wood
19th Century French Painted Oval Mirror
Located in Arundel, GB
Impressive, full length, Napoleon III Oval mirror. Featuring a bold, egg and dart and moulded frame surrounding the original bevelled mirror plate.
Mirror, Walnut
19th Century George II Irish Walnut and Parcel Gilt Overmantel Mirror
Located in Dublin 8, IE
The mirror features egg and dart borders and terminates in a patera on the lower corners.
Walnut
Large Victorian Carved Gilt Wood Framed Mirror
Located in Altrincham, GB
Large Victorian Carved Gilt Wood Framed Mirror with Egg and Dart Surround and Acanthus Leaf Decoration to the Base c1870 - 46"w x 79"h
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Oak Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Early 20th Century French oak mirror with an egg and dart decoration. This mirror sits equally well landscape or portrait.
Mirror, Oak
French 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and large scale French 19th century Louis XVI st. Giltwood mirror. This impressive oval mirror displays an inner egg and dart and beaded design surrounding the original m...
Mirror, Giltwood
Fine George II Carved Stained Pine Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
The mirror surrounded by a egg and dart carved frame with corner rosettes.
Pine
French Gilt Carved Wood & Gesso Foliage Cartouche Wall Mirror, Circa 1800
Located in Charleston, SC
French gilt carved wood and gesso foliage cartouche wall mirror with an egg and dart exterior border, flanking acanthus carved corners, and interior bead work.
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Renaissance Revival Giltwood Overmantle Mirror
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Hastings, GB
A showstopping 19th century Renaissance Revival giltwood and gesso overmantle mirror of incredible proportions. Circa 1850, England This truly spectacular mirror boasts egg and...
Gesso, Wood
A Louis XVI-style carved oak pier mirror
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A Louis XVI-style carved oak pier mirror A large, late 19th century mirror with an arched egg and dart frame above a pair of guilloche carved borders, enclosing a bevelled glass pla...
Mirror
A 19th Century Italian Rectangular Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in London, GB
A fine mid-nineteenth century gilded mirror, the outer frame with egg and dart moulding, the inner frame decorated with interlocking arabesques with a lightly aged mercury mirror pla...
Giltwood
French Carved Wood Floral Gilt Wall Mirror, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
French carved wood floral gilt wall mirror with egg and dart boarder, floral medallions and filigree motif.
Exceptional 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Carved Walnut Cheval Mirror
Located in Birmingham, AL
By using these symbols from the past, Louis XVI was making a conscious choice to ally himself with their powerful meanings. The whole antique mirror bounded by egg and dart moulding ...
Mirror, Walnut
French Gilt Carved Wood Red Lacquered Floral Crest Wall Mirror, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
French gilt carved wood and red lacquer floral crest wall mirror with flanking cut corners, egg and dart molded edge, and interior single row of beading.
$15,305
Acanthus Convex
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An imposing giltwood and gesso decorated convex mirror with egg-and-dart moulding surrounded by boldly carved acanthus leaves tied with a ribbon.
Giltwood
French Early 19th Century Louis XVI St. Tulipwood and Ormolu Chest
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The top three drawers each display impressive pierced ormolu mounts of mirrored Vitruvian scrolls within an egg and dart border.
Marble, Ormolu
Victorian Giltwood and Gesso Oval Wall Mirror
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Victorian giltwood and gesso oval wall mirror with Fern decorations, egg and dart rim and 3 sconces Measures: 22" W x 38" H x 5" D.
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Rectangular Walnut and Parcel Gilt Mirror
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A George III period walnut and parcel gilt mirror with egg and dart molding and a trailing carved floral and swag motif along each side.
American Convex Mirrors
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of American gilded convex mirrors with egg and dart carved slip having ball embellishments.
Giltwood, Mirror
French Louis Philippe gilded mirror
Located in Charlottesville, VA
French Louis Philippe painted and gilded mirror with egg and dart frame
Gesso
Classical Carved & Gilded Overmantle Mirror
Located in Woodbury, CT
Fine classical carved and gilded three panel overmantle mirror, with egg and dart carved upper cornice, spiral carved split column appliques separating the three mirror panels with r...
Pine, Poplar
Edwardian Gilt Framed Wall Mirror
Located in Altrincham, Cheshire
Edwardian gilt framed mirror with egg and dart applications Measures: 25" W x 31" H x 0.5" D.
Giltwood
Antique English Small Regency Convex Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
Small Regency giltwood convex mirror with egg and dart inner border with ebonized reeded slip.
Glass, Pine
Unavailable
H 96.86 in W 52.37 in D 2.37 in
19th Century English Carved Mahogany Mirror with Paneled Verre Églomisé Glass
Located in Chudleigh, Devon
A very large and impressive mid-19th century English carved and ebonized mahogany mirror with an egg and dart style running pattern.
Glass, Mahogany
Golden Biedermeier Mirror Egg and Dart, Austria, circa 1830
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Fantastic golden Biedermeier Mirror from Austria, circa 1830, covered with fine gold leaf, carved stripes and an Classic egg and dart (also called "bullseye") motive.
Gold Leaf
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H 38.8 in W 27.6 in D 3.3 in
19th Century Biedermeier Nutwood Mirror Egg and Dart Design, Austria, circa 1820
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Featuring an overlapping inserted substructure made of spruce, the massive, deeply grooved frame shows an amazing set walnut veneered surface and is additionally adorned by broad, be...
Gold Leaf
French Louis Philippe Style Egg & Dart Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
French Louis Philippe with original mercury mirror and egg & dart motif around the frame. Mid to late 1800's Please check our extensive website for more mirrors.
Fine Biedermeier "Egg-and-Dart" Mirror, Austria, circa 1835
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
It features an overlapping inserted substructure made of spruce with a nice walnut veneer. The mirror glass has been reconditioned and the frame’s stunning pattern consists of carved...
Giltwood, Walnut, Wood
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H 59.5 in W 44.25 in D 3 in
Italian 19th Century Wood Mirror with Carved Egg and Dart, Scrolls and Cartouche
Located in Atlanta, GA
A mid-19th century Italian carved wood mirror. This Italian mirror from the mid-1800s features a carved wood surround with arched crest with central cartouche, scrolling accents wrap...
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Sold
H 64 in W 37 in D 2 in
French Giltwood Mirror with Floral Garlands, Bows, Putti and Egg and Dart Frame
Located in Houston, TX
Egg and dart framework surrounds and embellishes The mirror.
Giltwood
English 5 Ft Tall Mirror w/Egg-n-Dart Trim
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English carved wood mirror, with nice trim and gilt accents. This vintage mirror from England has a rectangular-shape with stylized corners, which look similar to arrows pointing ...
Wood
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H 30 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
Vintage Pair Gold Accent Mirrors w/Egg-n-dart Trim, 2 ft Wide x 2.5 ft Tall
Located in Atlanta, GA
A vintage pair of carved wood gold-tone wall mirrors. These American-made mirrors are each have straight/linear frames with an egg-and-dart carved trim accent about the edges and a p...
Mirror, Wood
Antique Roman Console Table with Mirror and Marble Top
Located in London, GB
This is an absolutely stunning neoclassical Roman carved giltwood console table with mirror, early 20th century in date. The mirror features an egg and dart cornice with gilt foli...
Marble
Large Italian Mahogany and Gilt-Wood Mirror with Original Mirror Plate
Located in New York, NY
Large northern Italian mahogany and gilt-wood mirror with original glass. Handsome egg and dart, bead and reed, and acanthus details.
Georgian Walnut and Parcel-Gilt Overmantel Mirror
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine George II walnut and giltwood two-plate overmantel mirror, the arched crest with egg and dart and acanthus leaf carving, over bow and swag carved border, the two plates with bol...
Giltwood, Mercury Glass, Walnut
White Laquered Round Wood Mirror
Located in Wilton, CT
Heavy molded mirrors with classic Egg-and-Dart design and Lamb's Tongue trim.
Wood, Mirror
Rare Swedish Gustavian Trumeau Mirror
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A Swedish period Gustavian light grey and cream painted trumeau mirror having an egg and dart and dentil decorated cornice surrounding a garland swag with medallion corners.
Mirror, Wood
Very Large Antique French Gold Gilt Mirror
Located in London, GB
A substantial gold gilt doomed top mirror with deep egg and dart frame, large strung beaded inner slip and original plate mirror.
Mirror
Antique French Mahogany Overmantel Mirror Henri II
Located in SAINTE-COLOMBE, FR
Flanking each side are turned tapering fluted columns. The mirror is enclosed within an egg and dart frame. The original mirror plate is held in place with its original back boar...
Mirror, Mahogany
Large 19th Century French Giltwood Mirror
Located in Chireno, TX
Large 19th century French giltwood mirror with egg and dart decoration. Original - or early - mercury mirror plate with small losses of silvering on reverse.
Mirror, Giltwood
Large Oval Mirror with White and Ochre Painted Gesso Border
Located in London, GB
A large mid-12th century oval mirror with egg and dart moulding, painted in a white gesso finish with ochre borders.
Wood
George II Overmantle Mirror
Located in London, GB
A George II stone-painted overmantel mirror, with egg and dart carved moulding, circa 1740.
Wood
1950s Ornately Carved Venetian Wall-Mounted Mirror
Located in Astoria, NY
An ornately carved Venetian wall-mounted etched mirror with dart and egg pattern, and rosette fittings.
Mirror, Wood
French Gilt Carved Wood and Red Lacquer Floral Wall Mirror, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
French gilt carved wood and red lacquer wall mirror with decorative floral cornice, egg and dart molded edge, and lower flanking acanthus carved corners.
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.