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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s Modern Mirrors
Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass, Plastic
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass, Chrome
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
2010s Colombian Modern Mirrors
Horn
1960s Vintage Modern Mirrors
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Art Glass, Mirror, Wood
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Acrylic
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Epoxy Resin
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Resin
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Mirrors
Wood, Oak, Lacquer
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Mirrors
Iron
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plastic
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Bronze, Steel
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Silk, Glass
1990s Italian Modern Mirrors
Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
1970s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Pine
1960s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Aluminum
1950s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal, Chrome
2010s Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
1960s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Faux Bamboo, Rattan, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Mirrors
Wenge
2010s Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Metal
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Art Glass, Mirror
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Glass, Wood
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Glass, Wood
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plastic
1950s German Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
Late 20th Century American Modern Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Mirrors
Scrap Wood, Paint
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Rope, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Steel
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Opal
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Chrome
20th Century Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Mirrors
Steel
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
2010s Colombian Modern Mirrors
Wood
2010s British Modern Mirrors
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