Turquoise Concave Murano Glass Mirror Sculpture, Italy, 2024
Located in Madrid, ES
This striking sculptural mirror is hand crafted from rich turquoise Murano glass and features a rare concave form with carefully beveled edges that enhance its luminous, reflective s...
Brass
Concave Blue Murano Glass Mirror with Brass Details, Italy, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
This contemporary concave mirror is handcrafted in Murano glass and features a striking aged blue finish that emphasizes its sculptural depth and reflective quality.
Murano Glass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2024
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue Murano glass concave mirror with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue Murano glass concave mirror in a unique size of 130 diameter, with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Blue Concave Murano Glass Small Mirror with Brass Back, Italy, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
Executed in turquoise blue Murano glass, the mirror features a distinctive concave form that subtly distorts reflections and creates visual depth.
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror in Green
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass in antique green mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges.
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror in Amber
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass in amber mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges, 2024. T...
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror in Black
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass in black mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges, 2024. T...
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror in Bronze
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass in bronze mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges, 2024. ...
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror in Azure
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass in azure mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges. This ex...
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror in Rose
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass in rose mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges. This exq...
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror in China Blue
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass in China blue mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges. Th...
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror in Cobalt Blue
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass in cobalt blue mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges, I...
Brass
Max Ingrand “1774” Coffee Table for Fontana Arte, 1958
By Fontana Arte, Max Ingrand
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
The table’s design features two distinct glass layers: an ultra-clear Murano glass top and a concave mirrored green glass beneath.
Brass
Unavailable
H 1.78 in Dm 31.5 in
Round Fontana Arte Mirror by Max Ingrand in Concave Colored Glass, 1963, Italy
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Morbio Inferiore, CH
Mirror model 1669 A wall big mirror designed by Max Ingrand and manufactured by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1963. Behind the large mirror a luxuryous large concave glass frame in smoked t...
Glass, Mirror, Murano Glass
Turquoise Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted turquoise Murano glass concave mirror with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Sold
H 4.73 in Dm 43.31 in
Italian Aquamarin Concave Handcrafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
Handcrafted aquamarine Murano glass concave mirror with a bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Sold
H 4.73 in Dm 43.31 in
Italian Black Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
Handcrafted black Murano glass concave mirror with bevel edge and brass details.
Brass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue murano glass concave mirror and silver convex mirror with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Sold
H 4.73 in Dm 45.28 in
Italian Turquois Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted turquois Murano glass concave mirror. With brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Murano Glass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue Murano glass concave mirror. With brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Sold
H 4.73 in Dm 45.28 in L 4.73 in
Italian Black Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted black murano glass concave mirror. With brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue murano glass concave mirror. With brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Sold
H 4.73 in Dm 45.28 in
Italian Green Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted green murano glass concave mirror. With brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Sold
H 4.73 in Dm 43.31 in
Italian Turquoise Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted truquoise murano glass concave mirror with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue murano glass concave mirror with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Sold
H 4.73 in Dm 43.31 in
Italian Aquamarin Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted Aquamarine Murano glass concave mirror with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges, Italy, 2023. Thi...
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Green Concave Mirror
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges, Italy, 2023.
Brass
Hand-Crafted Copper Color Rounded Murano Glass Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted copper colored Murano glass concave mirror, with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Reflective Glass Art Sculpture by Galasee for Bourgeois Boheme
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A mirror, an infinite experience… Saint Tropez native and world traveler GalaSee explores the reflection of the world through a series of unique concave Murano blown glass mirror...
Blown Glass
Reflective Glass Art Sculpture by Galasee for Bourgeois Boheme
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A mirror, an infinite experience… Saint Tropez native and world traveler GalaSee explores the reflection of the world through a series of unique concave Murano blown glass mirror...
Blown Glass
Reflective Glass Art Sculpture by Galasee for Bourgeois Boheme
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A mirror, an infinite experience… Saint Tropez native and world traveler GalaSee explores the reflection of the world through a series of unique concave Murano blown glass mirror...
Blown Glass
L.A. Studio Contemporary Modern Sculptural Concave Glass Italian Mirror
By L.A. Studio
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Modern sculptural beautiful concave Italian mirror designed by L.A. Studio. Wall hanging artwork handmade with molded glass. Finished with brass details on the back to hang on the wa...
Brass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue Murano glass concave mirror. With brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue murano glass concave mirror. With brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue murano glass concave mirror with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2020
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue murano glass concave mirror with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Italian Blue Concave Hand-Crafted Murano Glass Rounded Mirror, Italy, 2022
Located in Madrid, ES
Hand-crafted blue Murano glass concave mirror with bevel edge and brass back structure for hanging on the wall.
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Blue Concave Mirror
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave cobalt blue colored mirrored glass mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges, Ital...
Brass
Effetto Vetro Contemporary Custom Sculptural Round Concave Mirror in Green
By Effetto Vetro
Located in New York, NY
Effetto Vetro contemporary large round concave colored mirrored glass in antique green mounted on a polished brass structure on the back with three mounting clips on the front edges,...
Brass
Large Concave Blue Mirror Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Concave tinted glass. Similar to Anish Kapoor sculptures. Thermoformed and mirrored, mounted on a brass structure. Available in blue (as pictured), green, pink gold, copper and an...
Brass
Delicious Blu Flower Oval Shaped Murano Glass Mirror
Located in Rome, IT
Italian Murano glass mirror with dozens of graceful hand blown blu and gold flowers. Available also the pair.
Blown Glass
$4,578 / item
H 47.25 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
Murano Oval Green Aquamarine Art Glass and Brass Console / Wall Mirror, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Stunning mirror in blazing Green Aquamarine color Murano glass, Venice. A mirror that alone will furnish your home environment. The mirror has a rear structure in wood, on which fou...
Brass
$4,578 / item
H 47.25 in W 31.5 in D 1.97 in
Murano Oval Aquamarine Blue Art Glass and Brass Console / Wall Mirror, 2020
Located in Roma, Lazio
Stunning mirror in blazing aquamarine blue color Murano glass, Venice. A mirror that alone will furnish your home environment. The mirror has a rear structure in wood, on which four...
Brass
$7,750
H 36.82 in W 23.82 in D 1.7 in L 36.82 in
Cristal Art Italian Wall Mirror in Faceted Blue Glass
By Cristal Arte
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cristal Art, wall mirror, model '2727', glass, mirrored glass, gold anodized aluminum, Italy, 1950s A striking Italian wall mirror from the 1950s. Its elegant oval form is framed b...
Aluminum
$4,518 / item
H 3.55 in Dm 31.5 in
Orbis Convex Blue Handcrafted Frameless Contemporary Round Mirror, Large
By Alguacil & Perkoff Ltd.
Located in London, London
Unique blue tinted convex frameless mirror. Each Orbis™ convex mirror is designed and handcrafted in London, UK. Slight variations in sizes and imperfections on edges and surface fi...
Mirror
$2,051
H 79 in W 3 in D 63.5 in
50s Italian Mid-Century Modern Turquoise Green Beveled Oval Murano Glass Mirror
Located in Roma, IT
We are pleased to offer for sale this magnificent Italian oval mirror, dating to circa the 1950s–1960s, a remarkable example of Mid-Century Modern Italian glass design with an elegan...
Crystal
$9,500 / item
H 36 in W 26 in D 2 in
Artisan Murano Blown Aquamarine Oval Torchere Mirror, Contemporary
Located in Westport, CT
Murano glass blown transparent aquamarine torchere tubes joined by unlacquered brass fittings to form a lovely oval shaped mirror with beveled looking glass Origin: Murano, Ita...
Blown Glass
Green Aura Wall Mirror by OOM Contemporary Glass
Located in Geneve, CH
Green Aura Wall Mirror by OOM Contemporary Glass Dimensions: Ø 104 cm. Materials: Copper luster and ceramic enamels on green glass, mixed techniques. Discover the Dome Collection, w...
Copper, Enamel
Contemporary Blue Concave Curve Mirror, Italy
Located in SAINT-OUEN, FR
Contemporary curve concave sculpture blue wall mirror, brass structure. Artisanal handmade work made by a small italian design workshop using the old style mercurization technic. s...
Brass
Wall Mirror 'Saturn 155a' Vintage Style 'Glass Frame' Blue
By Andreas Berlin
Located in Paris, IDF
Small wall mirror (many models available: different shapes, sizes and colors). "Saturn 155a" blue Measures: 15 x 5 cm. Made from vintage glass bowls. Specially developed and ...
Glass, Mirror
$2,051
H 1.38 in Dm 27.96 in
Midcentury Round Wall Mirror with Blue Frame Cristal Arte Style, Italy 1970s
By Cristal Arte, Fontana Arte
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing round wall mirror with blue glass frame and steel details in the style of Cristal Arte. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The mirror, original of the period, shows s...
Metal
Italian Mid-Century Modern Blue Round Mirror with Glass Frame, 1960s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern blue round mirror with glass frame, 1960s Blue round mirror with concentric wedges frame in mirrored blue glass. Excellent condition, in patina. Mea...
Glass, Mirror
Sculptural Concave Mirror in Green
Located in London, GB
Anish Kapoor style concave mirror. Sculptural green glass mirror, with brass wall fixing. Excellent quality mirror with amazing reflections. Available in pink gold, copper and b...
Brass
Large Blue Glass Concave Mirror in Ebonised Frame
Located in London, GB
A large deep concave mirror in cobalt blue coloured glass an a thick wood ebonized frame.
Mirror
Italian Blue Concave Wall Mirror, 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A captivating Italian concave wall mirror from the 1970s, distinguished by its deeply curved surface and blue-tinted mirrored glass that creates dramatic reflective distortions. The ...
Mirror
Green Onyx Vase
Located in Prague, Czech Republic.
Handcrafted with precision, this vase is inspired by mid-century marble design objects, exuding understated luxury with its sleek simplicity. Eschewing unnecessary embellishments, it...
Onyx
$5,575 / item
H 31.5 in W 26 in D 37.5 in
Tropical Hardwood and Rattan, Butaque Chair, Outdoor Use, Licensed Reedition
By Clara Porset, Luteca Furniture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cuban-born Clara Porset was a pioneer for modern design in Mexico. Having studied architecture in New York and then Paris, she finally settled in Mexico devoting her life to champion...
Rattan, Hardwood
Rosso Glass Wall Mirror
By Specchi Veneziani
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...
Glass
$2,800 / set
H 14.75 in W 8.5 in D 4 in
Pair of Art Deco Style Pink Murano Glass Demilune Wall Lights, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Art Deco style pink Murano glass demilune wall sconces, in stock One LED E26 base socket. Pink glass sphere and brass fittings. Pink textured Murano glass, Wired to the Ameri...
Brass
$33,038 / item
H 39.38 in W 78.75 in D 20.48 in
Baron 4 Door Storage Cabinet — Patinated Brass — Made in Britain by NOVOCASTRIAN
By Richy Almond, Novocastrian
Located in Washington, GB
A four-doored sideboard in hand-patinated brass. Each door operates on push-to-open, soft-close hinges. Handcrafted in the North to order, this sideboard can be commissioned in besp...
Stone, Limestone, Marble, Carrara Marble, Slate, Metal, Brass, Bronze, C...
Panoplie Iron Tripod Floor Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iron tripod floor lamp with slender legs and tapered feet. New wiring and new linen shade. Sold individually and newly made by Panoplie. Please inquire for current lead time. Measure...
Iron
$5,950 / set
H 16 in W 13.5 in D 4 in
Mid-Century Modern Style Murano Glass Wall Sconces in Smoked Silver Finish
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Murano sconces in smoked and silver glass. We loved the organic shape of the sconces and their dynamic design. This pair has been newly wired to fit US standards and is in ve...
Murano Glass
Library of Antique Leatherbound Books
Located in Brønshøj, DK
This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...
Gold Leaf
Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome Bowl South American art
Located in London, GB
Pre-Columbian Nazca Polychrome Bowl South Coast Peru, Nazca Culture, c. 200–600 AD A fine hand-coiled pottery bowl decorated in classic Nazca polychrome pigments—cream, black, red,...
Ceramic, Pottery
Italian Designer, Stool, Velvet, Brass Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A velvet and brass stool designed and produced by an Italian designer, Italy, 1940s. Overall Dimensions (inches): 13.75"H x 17.75"W x 14.5"D All items ship from High Point, North C...
Brass
Decorative Brass Bowl, Himalaya Small, Viya by Vikram Goyal
By Viya by Vikram Goyal
Located in Noida, DL
Decorative Brass Bowl, Himalaya Small, Viya by Vikram Goyal Bowl in brass. Handmade in India. Perhaps no greater ascent - physically or spiritually - is imagined than in the Himala...
Brass
$2,350 / item
H 29.53 in W 46.07 in D 19.69 in
Weave Desk from Ringvide, Birch Wood, natural oil, Scandinavian
By Lukas Dahlén
Located in Visby, SE
Weave Desk Birch desk, made of solid birchwood and birchveneér. Modern yet classic, bold yet modest the desk serves as a great example of Scandinavian contemporary design. Designed ...
Birch, Oak
$1,100
H 23.75 in W 20 in D 2.25 in
Beautiful Murano Glass Wall Mirror Clear and Gold Flakes Glass 1930s, Italy
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A stunning beautiful Murano glass mirror surrounded with handmade gold flake glass flowers. Age circa 1930s or older. With signs of wear as expected with age and use. The mirror fiel...
Mirror, Murano Glass, Wood
$1,641 / set
H 18.9 in W 17.33 in D 8.67 in
Fantastic pair of Murano Glass Tube wall sconces - 13 wisteria rust alabaster
By Mazzega
Located in Gaiarine Frazione Francenigo (TV), IT
Italian vintage pair of wall sconces in Murano glass and nickel-plated metal structure. The armor polished nickel supports 13 large wisteria rust albaster glass tubes in a star shape...
Blown Glass
$5,000
H 46 in W 45 in D 3 in
Sujoon Sky - Blue Abstract Sculptural Original Three-Dimensional Wall Art
By Atticus Adams
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Atticus Adams' organically composed modern metal sculptures embody the transformative power of art, illustrating the creation of beauty, meaning, and emotional impact from industrial...
Metal, Wire
$4,130Sale Price|30% Off
H 41.74 in W 122.05 in D 78.75 in
Large Seventies curved bouclé sofa, Italy, 1970s
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FREE LOCAL DELIVERY WITHIN NEW YORK CITY Curved sofa from the late 20th century, featuring an organic, bean-like shape. The backrest slopes asymmetrically to provide better support ...
Bouclé
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Vintage and antique wall mirrors add depth and openness to a space — they can help create the illusion that a narrow hallway isn’t so narrow. But you don’t need hundreds of enormous arched French or Italian mirrors framed in gilded bronze to dress up your home (maybe just a few).
A few well-placed large wall mirrors and other types of mirrors can amplify lighting and help showcase the decorative and architectural features of your home. For the Palace of Versailles during the 17th century, French King Louis XIV ordered the construction of the Hall of Mirrors after spending millions of dollars importing expensive Venetian mirrors from the revered glass-blowing factories on the island of Murano. A mirror-manufacturing rivalry between Paris and Venice took shape, and soon, across from 17 large windows that open out over the adjacent Palace Gardens on one side of the Hall, more than 350 mirrors — large mirrors made of groupings of small panes — were installed, effectively bringing the radiant colors of the outdoors into the opulent corridor.
Wall mirrors for your living room can work miracles — pull your landscaping’s colors and textures indoors, Louis XIV–style, by covering the length of an interior wall across from your living-room windows with wall mirrors.
For a similar effect, surrounding your mid-century modern wall mirror with leafy air plants and fern floor plants can amplify the sense of serenity that greenery offers in your home. Choose wall mirror frame styles to match your home’s decor, or shop for a frameless, organically shaped mirror that’s cut or beveled for a clean yet distinctive showpiece. For a free-spirited Bohemian feel, create a cluster of mismatched antique wall mirrors — an arrangement of circular Art Deco wall mirrors, Rococo-style silver leaf mirrors and decorative oval Victorian mirrors could add spice to an otherwise unadorned dining-room wall.
Elsewhere, there’s nothing vain about buying a full-length mirror for your bedroom, bathroom or walk-in closet to help you perfect your look for the day. Another may be needed in your entryway for a last-minute ensemble inspection. In fact, a shimmering 18th-century hall of mirrors awaits visitors behind the steel door of Stephen Cavallo’s atelier in Manhattan.
“We like to see the look on people’s faces when they walk in,” says Cavallo.
Decorating your home and office with wall mirrors is an art form in and of itself — get started today with the variety of antique and vintage wall mirrors on 1stDibs.