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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Mirrors
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s English Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plaster
2010s Brazilian Modern Mirrors
Zinc
1950s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
2010s German Modern Mirrors
Silver
2010s European Modern Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Ash, Cherry, Oak, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Silk, Art Glass, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Plastic
2010s English Modern Mirrors
Mirror
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Lacquer, Wood
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Gold Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass, Silver Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
2010s Czech Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Mirrors
Resin
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Mirrors
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plastic
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
2010s Canadian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
2010s Danish Modern Mirrors
Acrylic, Wood
2010s Modern Mirrors
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Mirrors
Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Mirrors
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Aluminum
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
2010s Danish Modern Mirrors
Acrylic, Wood
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Mirror
1950s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
2010s Hungarian Modern Mirrors
Silver
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plaster
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s French Modern Mirrors
Ceramic, Porcelain, Mirror
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Turkish Modern Mirrors
Wood
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass