Modern Mirrors
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Mirrors
Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Mirrors
Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel, Steel, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Mirrors
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Mirrors
Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Mirrors
Metal, Steel, Stainless Steel
20th Century Modern Mirrors
Metal
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Brass
Mid-20th Century American Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass, Chrome
Early 2000s Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Resin
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Aluminum
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Aluminum
2010s French Modern Mirrors
Marble
20th Century French Modern Mirrors
Chrome
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Leather, Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Murano Glass
20th Century Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass
20th Century Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Brass
20th Century Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
1970s British Vintage Modern Mirrors
Silver Plate
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
20th Century Modern Mirrors
Shagreen, Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Australian Modern Mirrors
Steel
1960s Vintage Modern Mirrors
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
1960s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Faux Bamboo, Rattan, Mirror
2010s Modern Mirrors
Copper
1980s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass, Chrome
2010s Indian Modern Mirrors
Cane, Ash, Rattan
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Glass, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Mirrors
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century American Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
1980s European Vintage Modern Mirrors
Glass
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel
2010s Argentine Modern Mirrors
Glass, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Chrome, Nickel
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Wood, Glass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Oak, Leather
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Gold Leaf