Mirrors
2010s British Industrial Mirrors
Stainless Steel
2010s Italian Industrial Mirrors
Iron, Silver Leaf
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Ormolu
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Mirrors
Iron
Early 1900s French Empire Antique Mirrors
Bronze
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Gold Leaf
20th Century French Industrial Mirrors
Metal, Wrought Iron
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror
Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Pearwood, Lacquer
19th Century Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood
1950s Empire Vintage Mirrors
Metal
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1960s Belgian Empire Vintage Mirrors
Resin
1920s Belgian Industrial Vintage Mirrors
Iron
1880s Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
20th Century French Industrial Mirrors
Metal
1950s Polish Industrial Vintage Mirrors
Iron
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Nutwood
Early 20th Century French Empire Mirrors
Brass
19th Century Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Walnut, Giltwood
1830s French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood
Early 20th Century Empire Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Spanish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
2010s Italian Industrial Mirrors
Metal, Stainless Steel
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Empire Mirrors
Gold Leaf
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century Industrial Mirrors
Brass
2010s British Industrial Mirrors
Stainless Steel
20th Century French Industrial Mirrors
Metal
2010s American Industrial Mirrors
Steel
Early 19th Century Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Wood
1840s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
1820s Italian Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Bronze
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Brass
20th Century French Industrial Mirrors
Metal
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany, Giltwood
19th Century Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
1960s Czech Industrial Vintage Mirrors
Metal
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Mirrors
Wood, Lacquer, Giltwood, Mirror
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Silver Leaf, Gold Leaf
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Ormolu
Mid-19th Century French Empire Antique Mirrors
Fruitwood
20th Century French Industrial Mirrors
Metal
20th Century French Industrial Mirrors
Metal
20th Century French Industrial Mirrors
Iron
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Mirrors
Mirror, Resin
1890s Danish Empire Antique Mirrors
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Empire Mirrors
Wood
1820s French Empire Antique Mirrors
Gold Leaf
1810s Austrian Empire Antique Mirrors
Spruce
Mid-20th Century Industrial Mirrors
Pine
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.