Original Mercury Glass Plate
Antique 18th Century French Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 1760s English George III Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique Mid-19th Century British Regency Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1820s English Mirrors
Glass, Mahogany
Antique 1830s English William IV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Rosewood
Antique Early 19th Century Scottish George IV Mantel Mirrors and Firepla...
Mahogany
Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 1890s British Victorian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 1820s English Regency Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Composition
Antique Mid-19th Century Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque More Mirrors
Pine, Paint
Antique 19th Century English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1770s European Sheraton Cupboards
Marble
Antique 1810s French French Provincial Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...
Mirror, Hardwood
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1860s Victorian Porcelain
Porcelain
Antique 1860s European High Victorian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Pine
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Early 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century French Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Early 20th Century North American Art Deco Table Lamps
Glass
Antique Early 18th Century Danish Baroque Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique Early 19th Century French Restauration Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Sheffield and Silverplate
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Wood
Antique Early 1900s European Victorian Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique 1880s English High Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Oak
Antique 1750s English Rococo Girandoles
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Aluminum
Vintage 1960s Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Glass
Antique 19th Century European Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Early 1800s English Rococo Wall Mirrors
Glass, Wood, Mirror
Antique 1820s English Regency Convex Mirrors
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors
Glass, Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Table Mirrors
Silver Plate, Bronze
Antique Early 1800s English George III Girandoles
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Paintings
Canvas, Mercury Glass
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Rustic Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Walnut
Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Trumeau Mirrors
Wood, Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Gesso, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1760s English Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Rustic Trumeau Mirrors
Brass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique Mid-18th Century European Queen Anne Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1720s English George II Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Walnut
Antique 1730s English George II Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Dutch Other Trumeau Mirrors
Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Paint
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Walnut, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Oak
Antique 1790s American Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Glass
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Canvas
Antique 1720s English George II Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique 1710s French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
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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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