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.
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Style: Neoclassical
Early 19th Century American Hand Carved and Gilded Mirror, circa 1820s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 19th century American hand carved and gilded mirror, circa 1820s
Wonderful early American antique mirror. Beautifully carved and gilded. ...
Category
Early 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Classical Oval Mirror, Circa 1880
Located in Sarasota, FL
A Classical oval gilt wood and gesso mirror with original beveled glass. The oval frame is carved with a floral wreath and surmounted with an urn finial and trailing flowers. Below a...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror
Custom Neoclassical Style Trumeau Mantel Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
Custom made to sit on the mantel above a fireplace or hung, the trumeau mirror has two mirrors framed in gilt trim and painted grey. The top overhang is also gilt. Can work well in S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Antique Italian Neoclassical White Distress Painted Gold Gilt 72" Trumeau Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Antique Italian Neoclassical White Distress Painted Gold Gilt 72" Trumeau Mirror. Ite...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood
Italian Neoclassic Painted Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neoclassic style (20th Cent) grey painted small mirror with urn top and wreath with acorns and flowers.
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Paint
French 19th Century Neoclassical Trumeau Mirror, Black w/Bronze Gold Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Neoclassical painted wood trumeau mirror, with nicely carved trim details, from the 19th century. This antique mirror from France is rectangular-shaped and has an acanthus l...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Elegant Italian Neoclassical Style Hand Painted Mirror with Aged Glass
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Superbly hand painted and gilded neoclassical style mirror having wonderful old world feel with urn decoration at the top and gorgeous details such as a flag painted on the frame as ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Neoclassical Italian Wood and Gilded Mirror
Located in Wichita, KS
This Italian neoclassical mirror is eye catching with its gilding contrasted against black and the detail in the crown and leaves, The Gilding against the black finish is stunning a...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Gilt Painted Mirror in the Neoclassical Style
Located in New York, NY
An elegant, finely aged wall mirror in the neoclassical style. Crafted in the early 20th century. The frame is comprised of wood painted with gold and a burgundy hue. The gilt detail...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of French, 19th Century Giltwood Mirrored Back Wall Sconces
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of 19th century giltwood mirrored back wall sconces. A finely gilt pair of two-arm carved gilt wall sconces. These very decorative pair o...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Neo-Classical Portuguese Mirror, 19th Century
Located in Lisboa, PT
A Neo-Classical Portuguese mirror from the 19th century.
Crafted in the Neo-Classical style, which was popular during the 19th century in Portugal. ...
Category
19th Century Portuguese Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Oak
Rare Antique English Architectural Neoclassical Iron Mirror
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Handsome pewter gray iron antique mirror from England having a central decorative star and great architectural form.
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Iron
Italian Neo-Classic Style Gilt and Painted Pier Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-Classic-style gilt and reddish/orange painted pier wall mirror with distressed molding decorative top panel with a foliate design above a beveled mirror.
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Italian Neoclassical Silver Gilt Wood & Gesso Foliage Crest Wall Mirror, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian neoclassical silver gilt wood & gesso red lacquered wall mirror with a central urn lion mask cartouche decorated with scrolled foliate ...
Category
1810s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood, Lacquer
Mirror in nickel Italy from the 70s
Located in Catania, IT
mirror italia of the years 70 in nickel. Produced under good conditions with usure caused by the passage of the time .
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Nickel
$364 Sale Price
20% Off
Northern European Neoclassical Painted Antique Pier Mirror, 19th Century
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Featuring a rectangular elongated form of gilded molded-gesso borders of anthemion, acanthus and bead-and-dart motif with painted grounds embellished at each corner by bas-relief lio...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Giltwood, Paint
Neoclassical Style Parcel Gilt Trumeau
Located in New York, NY
Cream painted parcel gilt mirror with urn and column detail.
Category
1950s Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Lovely Antique Carved & Gilded Wall Mirror
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful medium sized rectangular carved wood mirror having gilded highlights and lovely scallop shell decoration at the top.
Category
1920s French Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Pair of Venetian Painted & Gilt Floral Crest Girandole Mirrors. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Venetian painted and gilt girandole mirrors with carved floral crest , gilt side carvings & the original three arm candle cluster . Mirr...
Category
1780s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Octagonal Murano Glass Mirror, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Octagonal Murano glass mirror, Italy, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
20th Century Italian Giltwood Pier Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
20th Century Italian Giltwood Pier Mirror in the neoclassic taste, with a scrolled lower edge, the crest with a pierced bowknot flanked by fluted urns
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Egyptian Neoclassic Style Maple Inlaid Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Egyptian Neoclassic-style (20th Century) horizontal wall mirrors with a decorative maple inlay. (PRICED AS Pair)
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Maple
Mirror in Metallic Leaf by Lam Lee Group Dallas, 1990s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Mirror in metallic leaf by Lam Lee Group Dallas, 1990s.
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (fumigated crates or boxes) for...
Category
1990s Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Silver Leaf
Neo-Classical st. patinated Wood and Giltwood mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A grand and most impressive Italian 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated Wood and Giltwood mirror. The stunning mirror with its original mirror plate raised on a patinated off-wh...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Custom Black Glass and Brass Full Length Mirror
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Custom black glass and brass full length mirror.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Brass
$7,800 / item
Roman Neoclassical Styie Venetian Monumental Etched Glass Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Monumental Italian Venetian-style (20th Century) rectangular wall mirror with applied etched Roman neoclassic (4) oval panels and scroll trim over dark blue glass sections with paint...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Italian Neoclassic White and Celadon Painted Floral Design Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neoclassic (18th Century) white painted and celadon trimmed wall mirror with carved silver gilt floral decorations and border with an octagonal inset mirror.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Silver Leaf
Monumental Italian Neoclassical Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Monumental Italian neoclassical mirror, 19th c., parcel gilt frame, with foliate crest, scrolled foliate elements at the corners, lower dem...
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
$19,392 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Neo-Classical Style Giltwood Rope and Tassel Motif Mirror
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Beautiful 19th century antique French gilt wood Mirror in a Neo-classical style with decorative rope and tassel motifs.
This mirror features the original antique glass and wood back...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Gilt Wood & Gesso Shell Cornice Acanthus Foliage Wall Mirror, C. 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian gilt carved wood and gesso central shell cornice scrolled acanthus foliage wall mirror, Late 18th Century. Mirror retains the original glass and wood backing.
Category
1780s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
19th Century Giltwood Italian Wall Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
19th century giltwood Italian wall mirror with polychrome grotesque decorations as
flowers, birds and lion.
This mirror is quite heavy.
M-522-335
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
German Neoclassical Mirror by Stobwasser, Berlin or Brunswick, around 1800
By Stobwasser
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
This is a rare wall mirror from the renowned Stobwasser manufactory, made around 1800 in either Berlin or Brunswick. This tall, rectangular mirror with original mirror glass impresse...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Lacquer, Wood
Antique French Neoclassical Style Gold Gilt Gesso Arrow & Wreath Wall Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French Neoclassical Style Gold Gilt Gesso Frame "Arrow & Wreath" Wall Mirror. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 49" H x 27" W x 1" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood
Baltic Neoclassic Mahogany Pediment Pier / Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Baltic Neoclassic (early 19th Century) parcel gilt, ebony, and mahogany pier / wall mirror with an arched pediment over engaged columnar sides.
Category
Early 19th Century Baltic Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Neoclassic Carved Giltwood Vertical Mirror 'Late 18th Century'
Located in Queens, NY
Italian neoclassic carved giltwood vertical mirror (late 18th century) with a filigree carved cresting top having reclining figure of Neptune.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
French Antique 18th Century Neoclassical Style Marble Mirror, Giltwood, Distress
Located in Manhasset, NY
Finest antique parcel-gilt and marble mirror in the neoclassical taste dated from the late 18th century, the rectangular looking glass surmounted by marble frame and flanked by marbl...
Category
18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
$3,750 Sale Price
40% Off
Giltwood Rectangular Mirror With Wheat and Foliate Crest
Located in Locust Valley, NY
A giltwood rectangular mirror with a wheat and foliate motif crest. The beveled mirror sits in a beautifully carved giltwood frame with bead detail, corner square rosettes. trailing...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Neoclassic White Painted and Carved Giltwood Trumeau / Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neoclassic white painted and gilt trimmed trumeau / wall mirror with carved urn and scroll upper section above a double paneled glas...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Vintage Regency Gilt Notched Corner Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Infuse your space with the timeless elegance of this striking vintage gilt mirror. Its distinguished design is defined by its architectural, notched-corner silhouette and a richly de...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Early 19th Century Continental Neoclassical Giltwood Sconce Mirrors
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of early 19th century continental sconce mirrors with original early glass and original gilding. Two arm sconces for candles. Great size and wo...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Beech, Giltwood
Italian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated and Giltwood mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome and extremely decorative Italian early 19th century Neo-Classical st. patinated and Giltwood mirror. This most elegant wide framed rectangular mirror displays all its orig...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Brown Finish Cherry Accent Mirror
Located in Naperville, IL
THE CHERRY TRADITIONAL BEVELED ACCENT MIRROR
New – not previously owned. Shows absolutely no signs of wear.
Dimensions
H 68.90 in. x W 44.49 in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moldovan Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Cherry
Italian NeoClassic Carved Giltwood Leaf and Urn Pediment Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neoclassic (18th Century) carved giltwood and cream painted wall mirror with carved leaves and urn pediment top.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Gilt Wood and Painted Floral Oval Dressing - Shaving Mirror, Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian gilt and painted oval dressing - shaving mirror with decorative scrolled floral cartouche, flanking bell flowers, interior decorative lambs tongue frame resting on acanthus carved step back...
Category
1820s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood, Paint
Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror 'A la Grecque'
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror in the ‘goût grec’ taste, of rectangular shape surmounted by an urn in a circle and hung with a ribbon-tied pendant foliate swag partially wrapping each...
Category
1770s Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Mirror, 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Italian neoclassical giltwood mirror with delicate carving throughout.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
French Carved Overmantel Mirror
Located in Vista, CA
This mirror is a stately, French, carved oak, rectangular overmantel, with a heavy influence of symmetry in the Henry II renaissance style.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Oak
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
Pair of Italian Gilt Carved Wood Foliage Wall Mirrors, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian gilt carved wood wall mirrors with floral carved cartouche, flanking scrolled foliage, interior egg & dart motif, and terminating with a lower floral pendant. Mirrors...
Category
1810s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Northern European Neoclassical Style Pier Mirror
Located in New York, NY
A early to mid-19th century Northern European walnut pier mirror of rectangular form with a recessed ebonized frieze of applied neoclassical figures with a two plate mirror, the top ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Walnut, Mirror
$2,800 Sale Price
49% Off
Mirror, Carved and Gilded Wood, Glass, circa Early 19th Century, Ferdinand VII
Located in Madrid, ES
Mirror Fernando VII. Carved and gilded wood, glass. Towards the beginning of the 19th century.
Rectangular mirror made of wood carved in its color, combin...
Category
Early 19th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Swedish Neo-Classical Carved and Parcel Gilt Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine 19th century carved and parcel gilt Neo-Classical style mirror from Sweden. Lovely patina and intricate carved details make this piece...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
$3,520 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Italian Neo-Classical Carved and Painted Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Very fine 18th century Italian neo-classical carved and painted mirror. Lovely patina and carvings on this piece. The mirror also has 2 panels of original glass. So pretty!!
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Mirrors - Circa 1780
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The rectangular mirror plate within a scrolling foliate border surmounted by a flowering urn crest within flowerhead and foliate scroll surround.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Fine Eglomise Neoclassical Trumeau Mirror, France, 1935
Located in Brussels, BE
Elegant "Eglomise" trumeau mirror with many details on a blackened wood base.
Mercury central mirror.
French, around 1935.
Category
1930s French Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Carved and Painted Swedish Neo-Classical Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Elegant carved and painted Swedish Neo-Classical mirror. Beautiful patina on this piece! So pretty!!
Category
18th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
$4,320 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century, Italian Neoclassical Lacquered and Gilt Wood Console with Mirror
Located in IT
19th Century, Italian Neoclassical Lacquered and Gilt Wood Console with Mirror
Overall Dimensions: cm W 75 x H 259 x D 47
Console Dimensions: cm W 75 x D 47 x H 95.5 (clear heigh...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Marble
Early 19th Century French Giltwood Mirror
Located in Buchanan, NY
French 19th century Neoclassical style mirror with an elaborate gilt frame and original mercury mirror. Fair condition.
Ref #: DM0612-01
Dimensions: 31.5"H x 25.25"W x 2.5"D
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
$1,440 Sale Price
62% Off
Dutch Neoclassic Giltwood and Reverse Painted Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular giltwood frame with laurel leaf and beaded carved wood decoration and paneled corners with rosettes surrounding an upper reverse glass panel depicting three musical danci...
Category
1820s Dutch Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Italian Early 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Trumeau Mirrors
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely decorative large scale true pair of Italian early 19th century neo-classical st. patinated wood trumeau mirrors. Each mirror is raised by an elegant mottled ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
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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