Neoclassical Mirrors
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
Find antique neoclassical furniture today on 1stDibs.
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Style: Neoclassical
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6284
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
“Quadrifoglio” mirror.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Metal
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 5029
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Sun mirror. Created to stand out and be the most luxurious collection ever with its iconic shape almost like a sun.
The finishing is cod. 43 coffee day + silver leaf (100% Gloss).
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6293
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Flower mirror. Created to stand out and be the most luxurious collection ever with its iconic shape almost like a flower.
The central hand-carved part with diagonal carvings complete to create an unique piece.
The finishing is cod. 45 Coffee night (10% Gloss) on the central part + Real Gold leaf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Italian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated wood and Giltwood mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant and most decorative Italian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated wood and Giltwood mirror. This wonderful arched mirror is set within a patinated off white/grey ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Gustavian Wall Mirror with Faux Porphyry
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very unusual Swedish wall mirror painted in faux porphyry, the frame around the original mirror plate is painted under glass, so it looks even more like polished porphyry. Swedish porphyry was first discovered in 1731 in the valley of Älvdalen, but serious mining there was only begun some fifty years later. The Älvdalen workshop produced a wide range of neoclassical objects...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Regency Rectangular Handcrafted Gold Foil Wood Mirror Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Handcrafted carved Regency Style wood mirror covered in gold foil.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Neoclassical Rectangular Gold Foil Hand Carved Wooden Mirror, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical rectangular handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with gold foil finished. Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A striking Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. giltwood mirror. The mirror retains its original mirror plate framed within a fine mottled border and exceptional wrap around border...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Neoclassical Regency Rectangular Silver Hand Carved Wooden Mirror
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical Regency style handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with silver foiled finish, Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Neoclassical Regency Rectangular Silver Hand Carved Wooden Mirror, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical Regency style handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with silver foiled finish, Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Italian Early 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Giltwood and Gouache Trumeau Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional Italian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. giltwood and gouache trumeau mirror. The mirror retains its original mirror plate set within a fine mottled beaded wraparo...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
Neoclassical Rectangular Gold Hand Carved Wooden Mirror, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical rectangular handcrafted mirror. Rectangular hand carved wooden structure with gold foil finished, Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Regency Rectangular Handcrafted Gold Foil Wood Mirror Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Handcrafted carved Regency Style wood mirror covered in gold foil.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Italian 19th c. Neo-Classical st. patinated Wood and and Silvered Mecca mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming Italian late 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated Wood and and Silvered Mecca mirror. This wonderful patinated Turquoise rectangular mirror is set within a most decora...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Italian Parcel Ebonized Walnut Mirror, 18th Century, Great color and scale.
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Italian parcel ebonized walnut mirror
18th century
of breakfront outline, the mirror plate of horizontal rectangular form and flanked by fo...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Neoclassical Rectangular Gold Foil Hand Carved Wooden Mirror, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Neoclassical rectangular handcrafted mirror. Hand carved wooden structure with gold foil finished. Spain, 1970.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Giltwood Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nicely carved giltwood frame. Glass mirror to be installed. Some of the gilt has been rubbed off intentionally. Beautiful patina.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Giltwood and Patinated Cobalt Blue Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An architectural and most elegant Italian 19th century neo-classical st. giltwood and patinated cobalt blue mirror. The original mirror plate is set...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Regency Rectangular Handcrafted Gold Foil Wood Mirror Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Handcrafted carved Regency Style wood mirror covered in gold foil.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Regency Rectangular Handcrafted Gold Foil Wood Mirror Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Handcrafted carved Regency Style wood mirror covered in gold foil.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair Of Italian 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Mahogany And Giltwood Mirrors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and extremely decorative pair of Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. Mahogany and Giltwood mirrors. This wonderful pair of rectangular mirrors has their original mirror...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany, Giltwood
Set of 4 Season's Gilded and Painted Mirrors. Sold Seperately
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 polychromed and gilded Neoclassical mirrors representing the four seasons. Original mirror glass has some age-related loss to plaiting and spotting.
SOLD SEPARATELY. Weig...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
French 19th Century Neo-Classical Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most attractive French 19th century Neo-Classical giltwood mirror. The original mirror plate is framed within a fine Coeur de Rai border. At the base is a rectangular plinth with s...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Early 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Kingwood And Fruitwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful Italian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. Kingwood, Tulipwood, and ebonized Fruitwood mirror in the manner of Giuseppe Maggiolini. The mirror retains its original mirr...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Fruitwood, Kingwood, Tulipwood
Pair of French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Giltwood Mirrors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A beautiful pair of French 19th century Neo-Classical st. giltwood mirrors. Each central mirror plate is framed within a fine moulded giltwood border with striking carved palmettes a...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Iberian Mirror
Located in New York, NY
The so-called Bilbao mirrors were made circa 1800 in Portugal and Spain and named after the city where many were crafted. On our shores they’re often mis...
Category
Early 1800s Spanish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
$8,000
Continental Mid-19th Century Neoclassical St. Three-Panel Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A sensational and unique Continental mid 19th century Neo-Classical st. painted and gilt, three panel mirror. The giltwood frame is designed with four vertical columns separating the...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
German 18th Century Neo-Classical Period Burl Walnut, Giltwood and Mecca Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional and very unique German 18th century neo-classical period burl Walnut, giltwood, and Mecca mirror. The mirror retains its original mirror plates each framed within a mo...
Category
18th Century German Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Walnut, Giltwood
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6224
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Rectangular mirror with clover gold leaf motif.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
21st Century Carpanese Home Italia Mirror with Wooden Frame Neoclassic, 6129
Located in Sanguinetto, IT
Round mirror with wooden frame.
Other finishing and dimensions available.
The item can be customized.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Regency Rectangular Handcrafted Gold Foil Wood Mirror Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Handcrafted carved Regency Style wood mirror covered in gold foil.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Neoclassical Mirror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carved Italian neoclassical giltwood mirror, 18th century.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Price Upon Request
Neoclassical mirrors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical mirrors for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage mirrors created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include mirrors, tables, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical mirrors made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original mirrors, popular names associated with this style include Carpanese Home Italia, Deknudt, Friedman Brothers, and LaBarge. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for mirrors differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $190 and tops out at $198,000 while the average work can sell for $3,489.
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