Convex Mirrors
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Regency Convex Mirror with Ball Decoration
Located in Westwood, NJ
This plain carved giltwood and ebonized convex mirror has a molded inner frame and a compound molded outer frame with decorative gilded balls punctuating the painted ground.
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21st Century and Contemporary European Regency Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
English Round Gilded Wooden Mirror
Located in Southampton, NY
English round gilded wooden mirror.
Category
1970s European Regency Vintage Convex Mirrors
Materials
Other
Victorian Giltwood Convex Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
With a grape cluster finial over scrolled decoration over a convex mirror with conforming molded frame. William Hodgins Estate.
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Great 19th Century 50" English Giltwood Bullseye Mirror With Eagle
Located in Charleston, SC
Great 19th century 50" English giltwood bullseye mirror with carved eagle and floral adornements
Category
19th Century English Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Italian 1890s Giltwood Circular Convex Mirrors with Foliage Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Italian giltwood circular convex mirrors from the late 19th century, with foliage motifs. Born in Italy during the last quarter of the 19th century, each of this pair of wa...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
"Iris" Contemporary Mirror, art Silvered Glass Sabrina's silvering, Birch Wood
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
IRIS sculpture mirror
For 20 years, we have perpetuated our unique manufacturing method. Inspired by unlimited glass reflections, Sabrina Landini has c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Art Glass
19th Century English Regency Convex Looking Glass with Girandole Arms
Located in Charleston, SC
Fabulous 19th century English Regency convex looking glass with girandole arms. This amazing girandole mirror has the British Royal Crown on the pediment and a tudor rose on the pend...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Large French Copper Mirror
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large French copper mirror.
Category
1960s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Convex Mirrors
Materials
Copper
Early 19th Century Monumental Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror
Located in London, by appointment only
A truly fabulous, important, rare and grand proportioned Regency giltwood convex mirror. The substantial frame carved with overlapping laurel leaves and berries, supporting to boldly carved acanthus candelabra with original cut-glass drip pans and gilt bronze nozzles. The gilding has aged to a deep rich colour.
This fabulous and incredibly grand masterpiece retains its original convex mirror plate.
One of the finest period convex mirrors ever made.
The creation of convex mirrors became possible with the development of glass blowing. When the glassblower created a small glass bulb, they were filled with a metallic mixture of lead and tin while still hot. Once cooled, the bulbs were cut into smaller pieces and could be used as hand an pocket mirrors. They were used as fashionable pieces of jewelry and were often encased with gold, silver, ivory and tortoiseshell.
The Empire circular convex mirror was introduced from France, where they had been made as early as 1756. This style of mirror became so popular under the heading ‘Mirrors’, in Sheraton’s 'Cabinet Dictionary' (1803), that they are the only style mentioned.
Convex mirrors were said to “strengthen the colour and take off the coarseness of objects by contracting them”. Convex mirrors produced on a larger scale were both practical and intriguing. While they distort the image that they reflect, they also magnify light...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Ormolu
Brutalist Mixed Metal Sunburst Convex Wall Art Mirror
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Large brutalist cooper and brass torch cut sunbrust wall art with attached convex antiqued mirror.
Category
1970s American Vintage Convex Mirrors
Materials
Copper
English Carved Giltwood Convex Mirror with Mythical Creatures, circa 1840
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English carved giltwood convex mirror from the 19th century, with mythical creatures and twisted frame. Born in England during the second quarter of the 19th century, this giltwoo...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Soleil Sunburst Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian giltwood wall mirror with convex inset mirror.
Diameter 73 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century French Golden Regency Convex Mirror Topped by an Eagle
Located in Marbella, ES
18th century French golden Regency convex mirror topped by an eagle.
Category
Mid-18th Century French Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
19th Century Regency Gilt and Ebonized Convex Mirror
Located in Charleston, SC
This convex mirror has a grand scale. The eagle has an ebonized body with a gilt head giving it a striking appearance which show off the feather details. Th...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood, Wood
The Shaving Mirror of Purser Wardlaw
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This concave, circular shaving mirror is set in a moulded ebonized wood frame. The reverse has a printed trade label stating ‘J Abraham Optician & Mathematical Instrument Maker to hi...
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Early 1800s English Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Ebony
English, 19th Century, Square Framed Bullseye Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A spectacular English bullseye mirror, with engraved plate, from the latter part of the 19th century. This wonderful mirror has seven circular ...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass
Large Regency Convex Wall Mirror, circa 1820
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large and impressive early 19th century Regency period gilded convex wall mirror, having a carved giltwood eagle above scrolling leaves and cornucopia, an ebonised slip around the convex mirror...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Carved Giltwood Mirror
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful Large Venetian Rococo style carved gilt wood mirror.
Measures: Height 60 cm.
Width 38 cm.
Depth 10 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
English Regency Eagle Gilt Convex Bullseye Mirror
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
English Regency eagle gilt convex bullseye mirror, berries and leaf pattern and black ebonised mirror trim. Extended wings eagle standing on rock bluff on the top of the mirror, slig...
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Mid-19th Century English Regency Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Large Copper Mirror
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large French copper mirror.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Copper
Convex Mirror with Eagle Wood Gilt with Golden-Leafed, 1950-1970
Located in Paris, FR
Mirror wood guilt 22-carat
1950-1970
Good condition
Mirror convex in the middle, measure: Height 97 cm, diameter 27 cm.
Category
1950s French Neoclassical Vintage Convex Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Exceptionally Large Georgian Giltwood Bullseye Convex Mirror, English circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The very old, if not original convex plate surrounded by an ebonized fillet, set within its exceptionally large & finely gilded wooden frame, featuring a cavetto-shaped molding decor...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Gesso, Mirror
Massive George IV Convex Mirror
Located in London, GB
A massive George IV ebonized and parcel-gilt convex mirror, circa 1820.
With original plate in a deep moulded frame with bead-and-reel decoration.
Provenance:
Norris Castle, C...
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1820s English George IV Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Ebony
Eccentric Mirror Covered with Parchment by Jacque Adnet, 1940-1950
Located in Paris, FR
Eccentric mirror (also known as convex mirror or witch mirror - "Miroir de Sorcière") by Jacques Adnet (1900-1984). Wood covered with white parchment...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Convex Mirrors
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century ITALIAN Rosewood Octagon Mirror
Located in Hawthorne, CA
An incredibly unique Mid-Century ITALIAN octagon-shaped solid rosewood wall-mounted mirror. Eight folded curves inward toward the mirror surface. Circa 1950's. The mirror has bevell...
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1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Convex Mirrors
Materials
Rosewood
Impressive Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror with a Leaf Motif, Gilded
Located in Palm Desert, CA
An impressive Regency giltwood convex mirror with a leaf motif. Gilded, circa early 1820s.
Category
1820s Regency Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of American Eagle Gilt Carved Wood Girandole Mirrors, Circa 1800
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of American gilt carved wood girandole mirrors with flanking eagles on rock plinths perched to flee , upper and lower acanthus carved floral motif, ebonized reeded circular mold...
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Early 1800s American American Colonial Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
19th Century English Regency Convex Girandole Mirror with Eagle and Dolphin
Located in Charleston, SC
This magnificent English Regency giltwood convex girandole mirror, circa 1800, featuring displayed eagle with hanging tassels, opposing dolphins and six candle arms with gilt foliage...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Italian 1930s Soleil Sunburst Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in Antwerp, BE
Italian 1930s Soleil giltwood wall mirror with convex inset mirror.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
1940s Spanish Sunburst Mirror with Darkened Gilt Metal Leaves and Convex Glass
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish gilt metal sunburst mirror with convex glass from the mid-20th century. This 1940s Spanish round mirror features an unusual frame made of gilt metal leaves beautifully dark...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Gilt English Federal Style Dutch Convex Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gilt English Federal Style Dutch Convex Mirror with Eagle and Serpent decorated pediment.
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror, Wood
Line Vautrin Soleil à pointes n°1 in Talosel from the '60s
By Line Vautrin
Located in Paris, FR
Line Vautrin mirror 'Soleil à pointes n°1'
Talosel and mirror
1960
Category
1960s Vintage Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Resin, Talosel
Gold Gilt Sunburst Mirror
Located in London, GB
A carved mahogany sunburst design mirror in gold gilt finish, with distressed convex centre, within a raised border decorated with husks. Contemporary.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood
English Regency Giltwood Convex Mirror, 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
This imposing Regency convex mirror is hand carved and gilded. The pediment has an eagle perched on a plinth flanked by foliage scrolls. The mirror frame is opened pierced craved wit...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Boston Gilt Convex Mirror Labeled William Balch
Located in Charleston, SC
This 1830s Boston convex mirror has a wonderful scrolled frame with a foliate crest centered on the four quarters. The central feature of the frame has an oak leaf ring...
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1830s American Federal Antique Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Gesso
Carol Egan, "Montre à Gousset", Carved Walnut Mirror, USA, 2013
By Carol Egan
Located in New York, NY
The ebonized mahogany frame of this mirror features three inward spiraling ridges, the mutual vanishing point of which is at the center of a convex mirror. Its hanging apparatus is i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
Carol Egan, "Montre à Gousset", Carved Walnut Mirror, USA, 2013
By Carol Egan
Located in New York, NY
"Montre a` Gousset"
Convex mirror with a walnut frame.
With chain: Height 30", width 30.5".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Candace Barnes Now, Hand-Carved Gold Leaf Giltwood Mirror
Located in Larkspur, CA
Beautiful heavily hand-carved, hand leafed composite sunburst mirror, inspired by an 18th century original star clock acquired in London.
Finish options...
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21st Century and Contemporary Convex Mirrors
Antique and Vintage Convex Mirrors
As a decorative piece, an antique or vintage convex mirror draws the eye, thanks to its rounded surface.
Like other kinds of mirrors, a convex mirror can act as a focal point for a room, spicing up a traditional accent wall, for example, or as an art piece hung above a sofa in your living room. The appearance of convex mirrors has changed significantly throughout time, ranging from those in the neoclassical style with a decorative border to futurist convex mirrors with ultrasmooth or rounded shapes.
Convex mirrors were developed in 14th-century Venice and gained popularity across Europe in the following centuries. They were regularly included in portrait paintings from the time, such as Jan van Eyck’s famed Giovanni (?) Arnolfini and his Wife (1434), cementing their status as luxury objects.
The establishment of glassblowing workshops in Europe led to the availability of the dome form for convex mirrors, with the inside often coated with molten lead or tin to create a reflective surface. Even though mirrors have become easier to produce over time, the convex mirror — like any attractive Art Deco mirror, Hollywood Regency–style mirror or dramatic wall mirror — remains a sought-after item.
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