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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Ash, Hardwood, Wood, Opaline Glass, Mirror, Art Glass, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass, Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s Egyptian Modern Mirrors
Mother-of-Pearl, Mirror, Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mirrors
Oak, Walnut
2010s Turkish Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Early 2000s Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Steel
Early 2000s Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Fiberglass
1950s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Bronze
2010s German Modern Mirrors
Marble, Aluminum
2010s Swedish Modern Mirrors
Copper
2010s Swedish Modern Mirrors
Copper
2010s Lebanese Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel
2010s Lebanese Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel
2010s Lebanese Modern Mirrors
Stainless Steel
2010s Lebanese Modern Mirrors
Marble, Stainless Steel
2010s English Modern Mirrors
Plastic, Wood
2010s English Modern Mirrors
Plastic, Wood
2010s English Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s English Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s English Modern Mirrors
Plastic, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s Panamanian Modern Mirrors
Metal
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Other
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Mirrors
Wood, Oak, Lacquer
2010s French Modern Mirrors
Copper
2010s Spanish Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Spanish Modern Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass
2010s German Modern Mirrors
Steel
Late 20th Century Modern Mirrors
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Metal, Brass, Copper
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble