Oak Overmantle
Antique 1680s British Jacobean Mounted Objects
Oak
Antique 1890s American Mission Desks and Writing Tables
Oak
Antique 19th Century British Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Oak
Antique Early 1900s Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Glass
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Glass
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Wall Mirrors
Metal, Copper
Antique 19th Century Burmese Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Glass
Antique Late 19th Century Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 16th Century British Gothic Architectural Elements
Oak
Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Mantel Mirrors and Firepla...
Mirror, Oak
Antique 1870s English Gothic Revival Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Oak
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Textile, Wood
Antique Early 1900s Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Padouk
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Mahogany
Antique 1860s French Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Metal, Brass
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Corner Chairs
Seagrass, Oak
Antique 17th Century English Jacobean Tables
Oak
Antique 17th Century European Elizabethan Sideboards
Oak
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Floor Mirrors and Full-Le...
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century French Rustic Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Faux Bamboo, Mirror, Walnut
Antique 19th Century Italian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Pine
Antique 17th Century English Jacobean Cupboards
Oak
Antique 19th Century Italian Corner Chairs
Walnut, Paint
Antique 18th Century European Renaissance Blanket Chests
Oak
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...
Other
Antique Early 1900s French Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Antique 19th Century English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Vintage 1920s American Arts and Crafts Panelling
Limestone
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Oak
Antique Early 1900s Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Antique 19th Century English Wall Mirrors
Oak
Vintage 1980s Gothic Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Antique Early 1900s Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Antique Early 1900s Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Antique 19th Century Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
20th Century British Arts and Crafts Table Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
Antique 19th Century Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English More Furniture and Collectibles
Oak
Antique 19th Century Gothic Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique Late 19th Century English Jacobean Fireplaces and Mantels
Stone
Antique 1870s Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Antique 19th Century Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Early 20th Century Wall Mirrors
Oak
Antique Early 1800s Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Paint
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Oak
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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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