Mirrors
Late 18th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Oak
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1810s German Empire Antique Mirrors
Bronze
19th Century English Victorian Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1880s English Victorian Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
Late 18th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood, Pine
19th Century Victorian Antique Mirrors
Glass, Mahogany
19th Century Victorian Antique Mirrors
Olive
Early 20th Century Victorian Mirrors
Brass
19th Century Victorian Antique Mirrors
Glass, Mahogany
20th Century British Victorian Mirrors
Mirror
Mid-20th Century French Early Victorian Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Late 18th Century Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Metal, Brass
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
1920s British Late Victorian Vintage Mirrors
Pine, Glass
1960s Belgian Empire Vintage Mirrors
Resin
19th Century English Victorian Antique Mirrors
Gesso
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Mirrors
Gesso, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Victorian Mirrors
Metal, Gold, Silver, Stainless Steel, Sheet Metal, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
1880s British Victorian Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
19th Century European Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Paint
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Mirrors
Pine
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Oak, Paint
1840s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
19th Century English Victorian Antique Mirrors
Gesso
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Mirrors
Brass
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood
20th Century British Victorian Mirrors
Leather
1880s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
1890s American Victorian Antique Mirrors
Nickel
1890s British Victorian Antique Mirrors
Wood
Early 20th Century French Empire Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Early 18th Century German Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood, Mahogany
1910s Danish Empire Vintage Mirrors
Mahogany
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood
1960s Unknown Empire Vintage Mirrors
Metal
1890s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
1950s European Empire Vintage Mirrors
Silver
20th Century American Late Victorian Mirrors
Plaster, Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Mirrors
Pine
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Stucco, Wood
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
19th Century English Victorian Antique Mirrors
Pine
1880s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Walnut
1820s French Empire Antique Mirrors
Gold Plate, Bronze
1880s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
1890s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
1880s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Mirrors
Pine
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Mirrors
Gold Leaf
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.