Neoclassical More Mirrors
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Antique Carved And Gilt Three Part Over-The-Mantel Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
The three part beveled mirror with classic 19th c. details. The cornice with attached balls (a few missing on the left) and three projecting leafy column supports with rosettes on th...
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19th Century Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood
Italian 19th Century Venetian Oval Mirror
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This is a lovely Venetian oval mirror from Italy. Its original plate has lots of foxing and aging. It would definitely add Old World elegance to a...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror
Spanish Double Headed Eagle Mini Sized Mirror in Carved Giltwood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Neoclassical small carved mirror in the form of a crowned bicephal eagle. Spain, 1930s
Highly decorative frame with a double-headed eagle surmounted by a crown, symmetric wings and t...
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20th Century Spanish Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Gold Leaf
Giltwood Neoclassical Mirror
Located in Huntington, NY
Giltwood Neoclassical mirror. One large rectangular mirror surrounded by ebonized moldings flanked by 2 smaller panels below a ebonized composition panel below acorn & gilt crown molding.
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Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood
Italian Neoclassical Style Gilt Metal Mirror, Palladio Attributed
By Palladio
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Neoclassical style gilt metal mirror, Palladio attributed.
Stunning Italian 1960s Neoclassical style gold gilt metal oval mirror with trophy crest and floral and foliate swags. This great vintage Italian gilt mirror...
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1960s Italian Vintage Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Metal
18th Century, Pair of Italian Neoclassical Carved and Giltwood Mirrors
Located in IT
18th century, pair of Italian neoclassical carved and giltwood mirrors
Size H 70 x W maximum 50 x W 43.5 frame x D 3.
The pair of delightful mirrors was made in south of Italy (Sicily) in the neoclassical period, towards the end of the 18th century. They are composed of a box frame, in carved wood...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Spanish Silvered Gilt Carved Wood Mirror
Located in Barcelona, ES
Foliage Floral Petite Wall Mirror, Carved Wood, Silver Leaf.
A lovely hand carved small mirror with silver leaf finishing, Spain, early 20th century...
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20th Century Spanish Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Silver Leaf
French Neoclassical Style Bronze Dressing Tabletop Mirror
Located in Barntrup, DE
Gorgeous French dressing tabletop mirror, made of bronze and adorned with floral and leaf motifs. Beautifully shaped mirror. France, 1930s.
Dimensions: height: 36 cm / 14.17 in; widt...
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1930s French Vintage Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Bronze, Brass
French 1940s Wrought Iron Mirror with Floral Scrollwork Frame
Located in Barcelona, ES
Lovely petite hand forged wall mirror with floral and scroll details. France, 1940s.
This iron mirror is all made by hand. It has scroll and twisted iron decorations surrounding a c...
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20th Century French Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Iron, Wrought Iron
20th Italian Rectangular Brass Foliate Wall Mirror or Console Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
20th rectangular brass foliate wall mirror or console mirror, you can use it vertical or horinzontal position.
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Early 20th Century Spanish Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Brass
Highly Decorative 19th Century Venetian Glass Mirror
Located in Dublin 8, IE
A highly decorative late 19th century Venetian glass mirror with reverse etched patterning and detailed hand painted enamelled blue glass p...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Glass
Large 44" Malachite, Brass and Classical Wood Frame Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an incredible malachite mirror, very heavy and extremely well made, featuring an intarsia of malachite with brass edging and a classically carved wood frame. The reverse has...
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20th Century Unknown Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Malachite
Mid 20th Century Venetian Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
A Venetian mirror in the classical style from the mid 20th century.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror
Green Painted Continental Eglomise Mirror with Neoclassical Decoration
Located in Essex, MA
A green-painted continental eglomise wall mirror with black column supports and gilded hoof feet. It is decorated at the top with crossed gilt arrows and qu...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Mirrors
Located in Essex, MA
Each crest with ostrich plume and pair of exotic birds flanked by two handled urns over a mirror plate with outer mirror bands, the base with leaf swag flanked by leaf pendants. Thes...
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Early 1800s Italian Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Giltwood
Mirror in Metallic Leaf by Lam Lee Group Dallas, 1990s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Mirror in metallic leaf by Lam Lee Group Dallas, 1990s.
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (fumigated crates or boxes) for...
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1990s Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Silver Leaf
Pair of Neoclassical Mirrors , circa 1780
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fine pair of 24-karat giltwood mirrors. The oval beveled plates within molded and cabochon borders and surmounted by a cartouche and floral foliate cresting.
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Giltwood
Exceptional Early 19th Century Empire Cheval Mirror, Russia or Sweden
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
An unusual and intriguing Baltic Empire giltwood cheval mirror in the Egyptian taste. The design and rich ornamentation of this mirror is reflecting the fascination with Egyptian antiquity brought about by the Napoleonic campaigns of the late 18th century.
Provenance: Private collection of the writer Graham Greene...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Wood
20th Century Classicist Style Tulip Mirror Commode
Located in Berlin, DE
20th century Classicist style tulip mirror commode
Noble mirror commode in classicist style.
Mirror-veneered tulip on pinewood partially ebonized.
(D...
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20th Century Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Wood, Pine
Beautiful Mirror Made of a Burr Walnut Marquetry and Brass, circa 1960
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful mirror is made of a burr walnut marquetry surrounded by two brass frames. This is French work, circa 1960.
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1960s French Vintage Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Brass
18th Century Italian Triptych Mirror or Three-Part Folding Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
This handsome Italian Triptych mirror is complete with its original mercury glass. Features wood carvings attached on top and four metal, remov...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood
18th Century Carved Gold Gilt Wood Floral Swags Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
Beautiful and charming later 18th century mirror, the frame in carved gilt wood, with very unusual and intricately carved floral swags to the front that s...
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1780s French Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Wood
Octagonal Murano Glass Mirror, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Octagonal Murano glass mirror, Italy, early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Glass, Mirror
Pair of Italian Mirrors, Neoclassical Style Painted and Giltwood
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Italian mirrors, Neoclassical Style Painted And Giltwood
Neoclassical style painted and giltwood. Pair of Italian Palladian architectural style horizontal painted...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood
Antique Wall Mirror in Red Wood and Decorative Plaques
Located in Milano, IT
Splendid antique mirror dating from the 1900s, of fine French manufacture.
The mirror is a very beautiful and simple wall mirror with a very beautif...
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20th Century French Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Metal
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6293
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Flower mirror. Created to stand out and be the most luxurious collection ever with its iconic shape almost like a flower.
The central hand-carved part with diagonal carvings complete to create an unique piece.
The finishing is cod. 45 Coffee night (10% Gloss) on the central part + Real Gold leaf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6384
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Hug mirror. Created to stand out and be the most luxurious collection ever with its iconic shape that resembles almost an hug between two clovers.
The finishing is cod. 08 real gold leaf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Wood, Mirror
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6284
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
“Quadrifoglio” mirror.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Metal
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6224
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Rectangular mirror with clover gold leaf motif.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6285
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Triple mirror. Created to stand out and be the most luxurious collection ever with its iconic shape.
The central hand-carved part with vertical carvings complete to create an unique piece thanks also to the hand-carved wooden carvings.
The finishing is cod. 45 Coffee night (10% Gloss) on the central part + Real Gold leaf...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Metal
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 5029
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Sun mirror. Created to stand out and be the most luxurious collection ever with its iconic shape almost like a sun.
The finishing is cod. 43 coffee day + silver leaf (100% Gloss).
...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6129
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Round mirror with wooden frame.
Other finishing and dimensions available.
The item can be customized.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Mirror, Wood
Neoclassical Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved Italian neoclassical giltwood mirror, 18th century.
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Neoclassical More Mirrors
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Giltwood
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