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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plastic
20th Century American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1970s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Steel
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Foil
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Rush
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Copper
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s French Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
2010s Turkish Modern Mirrors
Glass, Art Glass, Mirror
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Resin
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Nickel
1970s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Mirror
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Mirrors
Pine
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Mirror, Glass
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Rock Crystal, Bronze
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Wood
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Olive
Early 2000s American Modern Mirrors
Metal
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Mirror
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Brass
2010s Dutch Modern Mirrors
Foil
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Ceramic, Mirror
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Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
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Glass, Plastic
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Bronze
2010s Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainle...
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Rattan, Mirror, Wood
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Glass
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Glass
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Mirror
20th Century Modern Mirrors
Chrome
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Gold Leaf
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Metal, Brass
1990s Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s Mexican Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
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Glass, Wood
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Mirror, Walnut
1990s Italian Modern Mirrors
Blown Glass
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Bamboo, Glass
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Mirror
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Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Mirrors
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Mirror, Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Metal, Stainless Steel, Bronze, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Murano Glass
Late 20th Century French Modern Mirrors
Bamboo, Wood
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Shell, Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Silk, Glass, Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass, Plastic
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Murano Glass
2010s French Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Plaster