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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century American Modern Mirrors
Resin
2010s Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Statuary Marble, Marble, Travertine, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel...
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Copper
2010s German Modern Mirrors
Plywood
2010s Brazilian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Balkan Modern Mirrors
Ceramic, Fiberglass, Acrylic, Mirror
2010s French Modern Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Metal, Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Aluminum
2010s French Modern Mirrors
Leather, Glass, Mirror
2010s Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Marble
1970s Unknown Vintage Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plastic, Fiberglass
2010s Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Mirrors
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Aluminum
2010s Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf, Gold, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Danish Modern Mirrors
Copper
2010s Spanish Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Spanish Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Brazilian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Statuary Marble, Marble, Travertine, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel...
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s Spanish Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Mirrors
Bone, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Gold, Gold Leaf, Silver, Silver Leaf
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass
2010s German Modern Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass, Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Hong Kong Modern Mirrors
Stone, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Gold Leaf
2010s French Modern Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Resin
2010s Japanese Modern Mirrors
Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Mirrors
Cut Glass, Wood, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Mirror
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Mirrors
Chrome
2010s Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Statuary Marble, Marble, Travertine, Onyx, Brass, Stainless Steel, Steel...
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Metal, Bronze, Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Marble, Onyx, Carrara Marble, Gold Leaf, Brass, Stainless Steel