Mirrors
Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
2010s Spanish Rustic Mirrors
Iron
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Bamboo, Mirror
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Glass
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mirrors
Mirror, Teak
Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Mirrors
Pine, Mirror, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal
Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Antique Mirrors
Gesso, Giltwood, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Brass
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Mid-20th Century French Brutalist Mirrors
Wrought Iron, Iron
2010s Italian Other Mirrors
Art Glass, Murano Glass, Mirror
1960s French Vintage Mirrors
Bamboo, Rattan
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mirrors
Metal
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Mirror
18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Metal
1980s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Mirrors
Wood
2010s Italian Mirrors
Wood
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Metal
1990s Unknown Organic Modern Mirrors
Rattan, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Italian Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Turkish Post-Modern Mirrors
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
2010s French Mirrors
Brass
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century Spanish Baroque Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Wicker, Rattan, Mirror
20th Century American Folk Art Mirrors
Shell, Mirror, Wood
1820s English Regency Antique Mirrors
Giltwood
1880s English Victorian Antique Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
2010s American Mirrors
Mirror, Plexiglass
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Mirrors
Mirror
1920s Peruvian Colonial Revival Vintage Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Italian Other Mirrors
Glass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Copper
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Mirrors
Glass, Mirror
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Bronze
1950s Swedish Vintage Mirrors
Brass
2010s Italian Minimalist Mirrors
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
1970s German Hollywood Regency Vintage Mirrors
Composition
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Brass
1940s French Art Nouveau Vintage Mirrors
Brass
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Chippendale Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Mirrors
Ormolu
1810s American Federal Antique Mirrors
Poplar
1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century Spanish Neoclassical Mirrors
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Organic Modern Mirrors
Brass, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Mirrors
Murano Glass
1960s Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Wood
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 1900s Renaissance Antique Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
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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