Queen Anne Giltwood Split Plate Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
Circa 1710 large Queen Anne Giltwood mirror, shaped rectangular split plate in a leaf-carved moulded frame and scrolled leaf-carved cresting with inset griffin, flanked by finials.
Gesso, Wood
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Pair of Georgian Style Split Plate Mirrors manner of John Belchier
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
The hand-beveled glass, rendered in the traditional split-plate style and silvered using historic techniques, has aged beautifully to a soft, near-perfect patina that enhances the pe...
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Pair of Large 19th Century French Gilt Bistro Mirrors
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pair of large 19th Century French giltwood mirrors. With vertical fluting with split plate mirrors.
Giltwood
19th Century Giltwood Fluted Mirror
Located in Chireno, TX
Early 19th century fluted giltwood mirror frame surrounding original mercury mirror split-plate.
Mirror, Giltwood
French Napoleon III Split Plate Giltwood Mirror
Located in Kent, Dover
A fine French Napoleon III carved gilt wood mirror with acanthus and trophy decoration. The original split mercury plate.
Mirror, Giltwood
18th C Neoclassical English Mirror with Original Split Plate Glass
Located in New Orleans, LA
Its graceful arched form is framed by finely carved foliate ornamentation, retaining a beautifully aged gilded surface rich with warmth and character. The original split-plate mercur...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Late 18th C Gold Split Plate Antique French Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
Beautiful Gilt Swept Split plate French mirror. Late 18th Century, Silver Backed Mirror Plates Fabulous Twin Plate Mirror With Foxing And Historical Wear Throughout The Frame H...
Wood
Slim Ebonised French Empire Mirror
Located in London, GB
A slim original split mercury plate empire mirror. Ebonised with simple carved star detail to frame.
Wood
An Incredible Rare English Walnut Queen Anne Mirror
Located in London, GB
A rare walnut framed Queen Anne period wall mirror. Beautiful original hand bevelled, heavily foxed & sparkly split mercury mirror plate.
Mercury Glass, Walnut
"19th Century Swedish Rococo Giltwood Wall Mirror, C. 1880"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century Swedish Rococo Giltwood Split Mirror, Arched Shaped Mirror Plate Enclosed by Conforming Mirrored Slips Headed by a Rocaille Cresting Issuing Trailing Foliage
Gold Leaf
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Period Trumeau Mirror with Swag and Roses
Located in Atlanta, GA
An egg-and-dart and dentil decorated cornice surmounts a ribbon-tied swag that seems to be holding delicate roses. The original split mercury glass mirror plate is surrounded by bead...
Mercury Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Early 18th Century Gilt Wood Italian Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
An exceptional split plate Italian mirror Dating to circa 1730, Genoa, Italy.
Gesso, Wood
19th Century French Empire Carved and Parcel-Gilt Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
French Empire carved and parcel-gilt mirror with split mirror plate. After 43 years of business we are retiring.
Glass, Wood
18th Century Walnut Mirror
Located in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
An Early 18th Century Split Plate Walnut Framed Pier Mirror with original bevelled plates.
Walnut
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Style Split Plate Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Beautiful 19th Century French split plate mirror. Carved wooden crest and swags with foxed mercury glass.
Mirror
Early 19th Century Split Plate Mirror in Giltwood Frame
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful early 19th century French split plate mirror set in a gilt wood frame. The frame is adorned with a gilt wood floral garland.
Mirror, Giltwood
Very Large Split Plate Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Very large 19th century split-plate mercury mirror with water gilded decoration of oak leaves and acorns, and lambstongues.
A George I Split Plate Mirror
Located in Tetbury, England
An early walnut veneered split plate wall mirror. Original lightly foxed bevelled mirror plates, untouched original frame and mouldings.
Walnut
Large 19th Century Split Plate Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Large 19th century split-plate mercury mirror with water gilded decoration of twisted columns, balls, perles and lambs tongues.
Rococo Giltwood Mirror
Located in Chireno, TX
Rococo giltwood mirror hand-carved circa 1760-1789, France. Old "split-plate" mirror with losses to silvered reverse (not original).
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
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H 55.71 in W 38.39 in D 1.58 in
Early 19th Century Gold Giltwood Rectangular Pier Mirror with Mercury Plate
Located in London, GB
An unusual early 19th century giltwood pier mirror, the inner mirror surrounded by a carved giltwood frame and with split plate mirrored borders to form a rectangle.
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Hand-carved Rococo Italian Mirror
Located in Chireno, TX
Early painted finish. Early split-plate mirror glass.
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
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H 87.41 in W 59.45 in D 3.15 in
Palatial 19th C French Split Plate Gold Mirror of Enormous Proportions
Located in Hastings, GB
A magnificent over-mantle 19th century French mirror in the Louis Philippe style, the incredible split plate with superb foxing sits within the splendid wooden frame with gilt gesso ...
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
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H 42 in W 28.25 in D 2.5 in
French 1920s Giltwood Split Glass Mirror with Twisted Ribbon and Beaded Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Showcasing a clear split mirror plate, this French giltwood mirror circa 1920 will brighten up any space, perhaps hung above a side table, buffet or chest-of-drawers.
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Gold Gilt Frame with Split Plate Glass Mirror
Located in Round Top, TX
This is a gorgeous floor length mirror from Italy. It is from a Villa in Torino. The mirror is two part aged mirror that has been replaced. The bottom black wood holding the mirror i...
Giltwood
19th Century French Empire Period Trumeau Mirror
Located in Munich, DE
Who knows where this 19th century French Trumeau mirror once held court? With its original olive patina and gilt wood frame & antique split mirror plate, normally it was positioned o...
Mirror, Giltwood
French Gilt Mirror
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pretty 19th C French gilt mirror. Split plate, 1880. Dimensions: 25.5 inches (65 cms) wide 2 inches (5 cms) deep 53.5 inches (136 cms) high.
Giltwood
A Fine Tortoiseshell Mirror
Located in London, GB
A fine Queen Anne style tortoiseshell mirror of large scale with gilded inner borders and beveled split mirror plates.
Tortoise Shell
A William & Mary Cushion Mirror
Located in Tetbury, England
A William & Mary olive wood and marquetry cushion framed wall mirror, foxed 19th century split mirror plates.
Olive
Fine Queen Anne Style Japanned Mirror
Located in Kent, Dover
A fine English Queen Anne style Japanned mirror, in red lacquer, with it's original bevelled split mirror plate.
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H 118.12 in W 48.04 in D 3.94 in
Pair of Tall Full Length French Louis XV Antique Gold Gilt Pier Mirrors
Located in London, by appointment only
Each pier mirror with its original 19th century split mirror plates and carved gesso boarders and gold leaf surface in the 18th century French taste.
Mirror, Giltwood
Tall 19th Century Swedish Original Painted Trumeau Mirror
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
Retaining its original split mercury glass mirror plate, surrounded by beads and twisted ribbon moldings.
Paint
Neoclassical Trumeau Mirror with Garden Decoration Gilt Louis XVI
Located in Essex, MA
Louis XVI trumeau mirror green painted with neoclassical gilt decoration gardener's ornamentation original split mirror plates below a crest of finely-carved garden implements suspen...
Wood
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H 44.5 in W 25.5 in D 1 in
Stylish Italian Queen Anne Style Églomisé Mirror with Neoclassical Decoration
Located in San Francisco, CA
The black glass border with finely-detailed reverse gilt painted decoration of lively foliate scroll work, bold acanthus leaves and continuous fret band all within a carved giltwood ...
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H 72 in W 43 in D 2 in
Large French Louis Philippe Rectangular Ebonized Mirror with Applied Bronze Star
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large French Louis Philippe rectangular ebonized mirror with applied bronze stars; the original split mirror plate within an ebonized wooden frame adorned with bronze stars
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H 72 in W 43 in D 1.5 in
Large French Louis-Philippe Rectangular Ebonized Mirror W Applied Bronze Stars
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large French Louis-Philippe rectangular ebonized mirror with applied bronze stars; the original split mirror plate within an ebonized wooden frame adorned with bronze stars.
19th Century French Louis XV Stucco Carved and Gilded Trumeau Mirror
Located in Vero Beach, FL
The fabulous decoration is built on a wood backing. The split Mirror plates are of later date. This Trumeau is an elegant centerpiece in any interior and an example of rare masterful...
Stucco
French over Mantle Mirror
Located in Kent, Dover
A late 18th century French over-mantle mirror, in its original distressed paints, with the original split mercury glass mirror plate.
Regency Gilt Overmantle Mirror
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Attractive Regency Period, 19th century, Giltwood And Gesso Overmantle Mirror, Having Typical Roman Scene To Top Panel, Over Triple Split Old Bevelled Mirror Plates, Flanked B...
Gesso, Giltwood
Late 18th Century Italian Mirror
Located in Hudson, NY
The split mirror plate is all orginal as is the back( please note all the pictures in detail) The painted surface seems to be original but the gilding is dark and touched up with gol...
Wood, Gesso, Paint
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.