Mirrors
1890s Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Brass
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Bronze
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Mirrors
Brass
Late 19th Century Swedish Jugendstil Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Mirrors
Brass
Late 20th Century American Empire Mirrors
Brass
1970s Spanish Empire Vintage Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century American Art Nouveau Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Mirrors
Wood
20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Mirrors
Bronze
19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Cherry, Pine
Early 1800s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
1950s Spanish Art Nouveau Vintage Mirrors
Metal
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1820s European Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
Mid-19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Mirrors
Pine
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Mirrors
Pewter
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Mirrors
Giltwood
Mid-19th Century Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Late 20th Century Italian Empire Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Mirrors
Art Glass
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Mirrors
Composition
Early 1800s Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Walnut
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Mirrors
Silver Plate
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Mirrors
Silver Leaf
1820s Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1950s Spanish Art Nouveau Vintage Mirrors
Metal
20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Mirrors
Brass
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Mirrors
Mirror
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Mirrors
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Mirrors
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Mid-19th Century American Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Cherry
1820s French Empire Antique Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1810s Swedish Empire Antique Mirrors
Beech
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Mirrors
Brass
1920s Swedish Art Nouveau Vintage Mirrors
Copper
Early 2000s American Art Nouveau Mirrors
Wood
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Walnut
Early 19th Century Empire Antique Mirrors
Bronze
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Bronze
Late 19th Century English Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
1810s Austrian Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany, Spruce
1810s French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1810s Austrian Empire Antique Mirrors
Spruce
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century French Art Nouveau Mirrors
Bronze
19th Century European Empire Antique Mirrors
Giltwood
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Bronze
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Pine
1950s Spanish Art Nouveau Vintage Mirrors
Metal
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Mirrors
Bronze, Copper
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.