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Triptych Folding Mirror

18th Century Italian Triptych Mirror or Three-Part Folding Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
This handsome Italian Triptych mirror is complete with its original mercury glass. Features wood
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors

Materials

Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood

19th Century Italian Sorrento Triptych Folding Inlaid Travel Mirror Easel Stand
By Casa Di Sorrento
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique 19th century Italian Sorrento Triptych folding inlaid travel mirror Easel stand. Item
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Antique 19th Century Victorian Table Mirrors

Materials

Olive

Vintage French Triptych Barber's Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome French triptych barber's mirror. Leather shagreen motif on back. Antique mirrored glass
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Vintage 1960s French Table Mirrors

Materials

Nickel

Vintage French Triptych Barber's Mirror
Vintage French Triptych Barber's Mirror
H 9.5 in W 22.75 in D 0.25 in
Monumental Triptychs Enlighted Mirror by Jesse Visser
By Jesse Visser
Located in Geneve, CH
Monumental triptychs Mirror by Jesse Visser Dimensions: 165 x 230 x 5 cm Polished stainless steel
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2010s Dutch Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror

Monumental Triptychs Enlighted Mirror by Jesse Visser
By Jesse Visser
Located in Geneve, CH
Monumental triptychs mirror by Jesse Visser Dimensions: 165 x 230 x 5 cm Polished stainless steel
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2010s Dutch Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Stainless Steel

Monumental Triptychs Enlighted Mirror by Jesse Visser
By Jesse Visser
Located in Geneve, CH
Monumental triptychs mirror by Jesse Visser Dimensions: 165 x 230 x 5 cm Polished stainless steel
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2010s Dutch Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Brass Triptychs Enlighted Mirror by Jesse Visser
By Jesse Visser
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass triptychs enlighted mirror by Jesse Visser. Dimensions: 100 x 140 x 5 cm Brass, polished
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2010s Dutch Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Brass

'Miroir Brot' 1910 Triptych Brass Wall Mirror
By Miroir Brot
Located in Santa Monica, CA
'Miroir Brot' 1910 Triptych Brass Wall Mirror This early production triptych wall mirror by
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Vintage 1910s French Belle Époque Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors

Materials

Metal, Brass

Victorian Style Carved Mahogany Triptych Full Length Floor Mirror
Located in Germantown, MD
This tri-fold mirror features beautiful mahogany wood carvings. The mirror is self standing and
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Late 20th Century American Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany, Glass

Modern Foldable Leather Floor Mirror Brass Handmade in Portugal
By DRAMA
Located in Porto, PT
About Modern Foldable Leather Floor Mirror Brass Handmade in Portugal Portal Triptych Mirror from
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2010s Portuguese Modern Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Early 20th C Large Brot Brass Bound Triptych Oxidised Foxed Dressing Mirror
By Brot Miroir
Located in Lowestoft, GB
lugs for wall mounting, the other two sections fold within and lock with a pivoted latch. The mirror
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Vintage Piet Hein Eek Scrapwood Mirror
By Piet Hein Eek
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
folding triptych mirror has small brass hinges at the exterior, a semi-painted/treated exterior front, and
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1990s Dutch Wall Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Vintage Piet Hein Eek Scrapwood Mirror
Vintage Piet Hein Eek Scrapwood Mirror
H 17.75 in W 30.5 in D 1.25 in
Wall Mount or Table Trifold Teak Vanity Mirror Kai Kristiansen
By Kai Kristiansen, Aksel Kjersgaard
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Folding tri-fold / triptych tabletop or wall-mounted mirror crafted in teak designed by Kai
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Early 20th C French Shaving Stand
Located in Southampton, GB
Nickel plated Shaving Stand, with moveable sconces and triptych mirror. The mirrors can be neatly
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Early 20th Century French Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

Materials

Nickel

Early 20th C French Shaving Stand
Early 20th C French Shaving Stand
H 70.08 in W 17.33 in D 17.33 in
1940s Flame Walnut Art Deco Vanity with Tri-Fold Dressing Mirror
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Beautiful art deco vanity with book-matched flame walnut veneer over solid wood. Triptych mirror
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Vintage 1940s Vanities

Materials

Metal

Rapt Triptych - Large, figurative, masks, tryptic aluminum wall sculpture
By Dale Dunning
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Narrow strips of aluminum are skillfully shaped into the curves and folds of three masks by
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

19th Century Religious Hand-Painted Altar Triptych Icon Ecclesiastical Art
Located in Forney, TX
A beautiful 19th century hand carved and painted partial git live edge wooden triptych retable
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Antique 19th Century European Gothic Revival Religious Items

Materials

Iron

French Victorian Faux Bamboo Triptych Cheval Mirror
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian faux bamboo (maple) three-fold (triptych) cheval mirror with open design top and
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Antique 19th Century French Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

Materials

Brass

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19thC English Inverted Ebonised Breakfront Housekeepers Cupboard
Located in Staffordshire, GB
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Located in Lichtenberg, AT
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H 26.5 in W 22 in D 23 in
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Located in London, GB
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18th Century Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th Century carved giltwood mirror, the ornate pierced carved asymmetric frame consisting of C-scrolls, rock-work, acanthus foliate. Surmounted by a Ho ho bird.
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Antique Mid-18th Century European Wall Mirrors

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19th Century English Carved Giltwood Folding Triptych Mirror
Located in London, west Sussex
This beautiful and sizable 19th century carved giltwood triptych mirror will fold together
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Antique Late 19th Century English Table Mirrors

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Rare American Folding Triptych Mirror, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
Unusual American turn of the century metal folding triptych mirror with it's unique hand-painted
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Antique Early 1900s North American Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

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Metal

Louis XVI Style Three-Panel Triptych Folding Screen or Room Divider
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable French three-panel triptych folding mirror screen or room divider made in the Louis XVI
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20th Century French Louis XVI Screens and Room Dividers

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Brass

20th Century Italian Vintage Dressing Table Teak and Brass, 1950s
By Felice James
Located in Bunnik, NL
Vintage vanity table with triptych folding mirror. One drawer. Mirror is removable. Teak veneer and
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vanities

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Large French Folding Wall Dressing Triptych Mirror, France, 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
Large and beautiful French wall or table dressing triptych mirror, mid-1970s. The mirror is
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Vintage 1970s French Modern Wall Mirrors

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Triptych Folding Traveling Shaving Mirror, Late 19th-Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Triptych metal tri-fold mirror, within a wooden bamboo-looking frame, circa late 19th-early 20th
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Antique Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Table Mirrors

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19th Century French Freestanding Folding Triptych Mirror with Beveled Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
This elegant, antique silver plated metal tri-fold table mirror was crafted in France, circa 1880
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Antique Late 19th Century French Table Mirrors

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Metal

'Miroir Brot' 1910s Triptych Wall Mirror
By Miroir Brot
Located in London, GB
This fantastic triptych wall mirror was made at the Parisian workshops of Miroir Brot in the 1910s
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Vintage 1910s French Belle Époque Wall Mirrors

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'Miroir Brot' 1910s Triptych Wall Mirror
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Located in Santa Monica, CA
Spanish 19th century folding triptych gold and green painted decorative wall mirror.
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Antique Late 19th Century Spanish Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

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Copper Folding Mirror, France, circa 1900
Located in Culver City, CA
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Copper Folding Mirror, France, circa 1900
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Located in New York, NY
A vintage Hollywood regency folding triptych table-top vanity mirror with silver-leafed wood back.
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Vintage 1940s American Table Mirrors

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By Aksel Kjersgaard, Kai Kristiansen
Located in Morazzone, Varese
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Located in London, GB
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Located in Courbevoie, Hauts de Seine
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Scandinavian vanity by Aksel Kjersgaard.
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Located in London, GB
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Triptych Folding Mirror For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic triptych folding mirror available at 1stDibs. A triptych folding mirror — often made from glass, mirror and metal — can elevate any home. There are 12 variations of the antique or vintage triptych folding mirror you’re looking for, while we also have 7 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the triptych folding mirror you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. A triptych folding mirror, designed in the modern, mid-century modern or Victorian style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Jesse Visser, Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby and Aksel Kjersgaard each produced at least one beautiful triptych folding mirror that is worth considering.

How Much is a Triptych Folding Mirror?

Prices for a triptych folding mirror start at $975 and top out at $22,800 with the average selling for $6,300.

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.