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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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 Spanish Modern Mirrors
Marble, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Hardwood, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass, Silver Leaf
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble, Metal
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Mirror
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Mirrors
Bronze
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Art Glass, Mirror
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainle...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Early 2000s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainle...
2010s Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Onyx, Travertine, Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainle...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s Brazilian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Walnut
Late 20th Century French Modern Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
1980s European Vintage Modern Mirrors
Glass
2010s Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Plaster
Late 20th Century French Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1970s Colombian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Steel, Iron
2010s Brazilian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s Brazilian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Walnut
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s German Modern Mirrors
Silver
2010s Brazilian Modern Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Glass
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
2010s European Modern Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
2010s Great Britain (UK) Modern Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Resin, Fiberglass, Lacquer
2010s Brazilian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Teak
2010s Italian Modern Mirrors
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Art Glass, Mirror, Silk
2010s Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Mirrors
Wood
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Mirrors
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Resin, Fiberglass
2010s Argentine Modern Mirrors
Bronze
2010s British Modern Mirrors
Brass
1970s American Vintage Modern Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Mirrors
Wood
1970s Vintage Modern Mirrors
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Mirrors
Bronze
2010s Canadian Modern Mirrors
Mirror, Ash
1960s French Vintage Modern Mirrors
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Mirrors
Glass