Mirrors
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mirrors
Teak
1950s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mirrors
Teak
20th Century French Art Deco Mirrors
Bronze
1920s American American Classical Vintage Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Mirrors
Cut Glass
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
1970s Italian George II Vintage Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1950s Vintage Mirrors
Iron
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mirrors
Metal
1970s Vintage Mirrors
Crystal
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Antique Mirrors
Glass, Wood
19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood, Wood
Mid-20th Century Dutch Baroque Mirrors
Tortoise Shell, Wood, Glass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Glass
Early 20th Century British Mirrors
Giltwood
1720s European Queen Anne Antique Mirrors
Walnut, Mercury Glass
19th Century French Antique Mirrors
Mirror
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1970s American Chinoiserie Vintage Mirrors
Brass
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Mirrors
Glass, Wood
1940s French Renaissance Revival Vintage Mirrors
Mirror
20th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood, Mirror
1930s Italian Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
20th Century French Mirrors
Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Chrome
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Teak
Late 20th Century Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century French Mirrors
Giltwood
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
20th Century French Mirrors
Iron
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood
19th Century Belle Époque Antique Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Austrian Modern Mirrors
Brass
20th Century Italian Mirrors
Glass
20th Century French Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century Mirrors
Wood
1980s French Vintage Mirrors
Mirror, Stucco, Wood, Glass
1960s Spanish Neoclassical Vintage Mirrors
Giltwood
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Metal
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Metal
Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Mirrors
Gesso, Mercury Glass, Wood
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1950s Italian Vintage Mirrors
Rattan, Mirror
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
Mid-19th Century English Antique Mirrors
Tortoise Shell
Early 20th Century Empire Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century English Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mirrors
Teak
1960s French Modern Vintage Mirrors
Ceramic
1930s Arts and Crafts Vintage Mirrors
Metal
Mid-19th Century Antique Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Bamboo, Rattan
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
Early 20th Century American Victorian Mirrors
Gesso, Wood
Antique and Vintage Mirrors for Sale: Find Unique LaBarge Mirrors, Ettore Sottsass Mirrors and Other Mirrors on 1stDibs
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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