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
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 Neoclassical Mirror Grandioso Gold Leaf Handcarved in Portugal
By GF Modern, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
French Neoclassical Mirror Grandioso, French Neoclassical Collection, handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by GF Modern.
A French Neoclassical Sty...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Neoclassical Style Giltwood Beveled Glass Mirror
Located in Astoria, NY
Neoclassical Style Giltwood Beveled Glass Mirror, carved with a floral design. 48.5" H x 27" W. Provenance: From a Central Park South Collection.
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage Regency Gilt Tipped Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Command attention with the timeless elegance of this oversized Regency-style mirror. A stunning example of Neoclassical design, this piece is defined by its broad, architectural fram...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Carved and Painted Neoclassical Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely 18th century Italian carved and painted neoclassical style mirror. Interesting carved images including an urn and some dragons. Beautiful bluish green and white patina. Very p...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
A Pair of Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Pier Mirrors
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Pier Mirrors.
Each mirror having a rectangular plate with husk-carved inner slip and mirrored outer borders divided by rosettes, the entrel...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Neoclassical Style Gold Foil Hand Carved Wooden Pair of Mirrors, Spain, 1970
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of neoclassical regency style hand carved cornucopia mirrors, finished in gold foil.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Neoclassic Gilt Wall Mirror with Reverse Glass Panels
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neoclassic-style (19th Century) carved giltwood wall mirror with black and gold decorated reverse glass panels with urns, griffins, and lyre designs.
One glass panel is crac...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century Neoclassical Mirror in Gold Giltwood and Gesso, Antique
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century neoclassical mirror in gold giltwood and gesso with a bezelled mirror in mercury.
Measures: H 125cm, L 83cm, P 8.5cm.
Category
1870s French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
$2,538 Sale Price
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
Pair of Solid Bronze Neoclassical Mirrors
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Pair of solid bronze neoclassical mirrors.
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
$5,500 Sale Price / set
21% Off
Italian Neoclassic Silvered Sunburst Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neoclassic (18/19th Century) monumental sunburst wall mirror with a gilt silvered varnish (Mecca) and cream painted detail. (Diameter of inner frame measures approximately 35")
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Silver Leaf
1960s Italian Neo-Classical Style Carved Giltwood Floral and Urn Motif Mirror
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a lovely 1960s Italian neo-classical style carved giltwood floral and urn motif mirror. It is both ivory paint and gilt. It is in very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Floral Motif Carved Circular Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in Astoria, NY
Floral Motif Carved Circular Giltwood Wall Mirror. Mirror plate: 35.25" Diameter; frame: 41" Diameter. Provenance: From a New York City Estate.
Category
20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Russian Neoclassical Style Parcel Paint and Gilt Decorated Mirror
Located in Manhasset, NY
Russian neoclassical style parcel paint and gilt decorated mirror with carved heads. The central mirror flanked by column-form sides depicting bodies with Egyptian heads on a red pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Antique Iron Transom Mirror
Located in Austin, TX
Mirror from France made from a customized transom of forged steel. The half spherical mirror features 14 compartments with antiqued mirror.
Category
1880s French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Iron
French Neoclassical Giltwood and Eglomise Pier Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
Neoclassical carved and giltwood frame with églomisé ‘reverse hand-painted glass panels’ at the top, bottom and surrounding periphery, and having original period mirror. In beautiful...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
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 Gold Leaf Gilt Mirror 3 Sections
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Wonderful three section neoclassical gold leaf gilt mirror, it retains the original mirror and gold gilt. Measuring 64.25 inches wide x 26 inches...
Category
1830s Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Large Grayish-Blue Painted Trumeau Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Large grayish-blue painted trumeau mirror from France. Features joined joined construction and dates to the 19th century with later paint and mirror plate.
Note: Regional differences in humidity and climate during shipping may cause antique and vintage wood...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Spanish Bilboa Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
With urn and flower crest over an oval portrait. Mirror set in a marble frame with giltwood details.
Category
1820s Spanish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Marble
$2,850
Antique 19th C French Giltwood Mirror, Neoclassical with Classical Harp Relief
Located in New York, NY
19th Century French Giltwood Neoclassical Mirror with Harp Relief
A refined 19th-century French giltwood mirror in the neoclassical style, featuring a rectangular frame surmounted by...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
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
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
Pair of Italian Neoclassic Gilt Fleur De Lis Pediment Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Neoclassic (18/19th Century) gilt framed wall mirrors with four glass panels and a white painted and gilt trophy carved pediment with a fle...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique French Eglomise Mirror with Gilded Leaves Frame
Located in South Salem, NY
Rectangular wall mirror within a gilt carved frame, originating in France circa late 19th century. Hand-carved frame is richly decorated with curling acanthus leaves and olive leaves...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Mid-Century Italian Neoclassical Carved Giltwood Wall Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Dress a mantel with this elegant antique gilt wall mirror. Hand carved in Italy circa 1950, and almost 5 feet tall, the rectangular mirror features a double arched top over sides and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
2 Customizable Modern Blue Lacquer Greek Key Design Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
2 Italian Neoclassic-style (21st Century) blue painted lacquer wall mirrors with a parcel gilt Greek key design frame. (CAN BE MADE IN CUSTOM SIZE AND COLOR) (PRICED EACH)
Category
Early 2000s American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
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 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
Neoclassical Gold Gilt Pier Mirror, 2 Section
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Wonderful two section neoclassical gold leaf gilt mirror, it retains the original mirror and gold gilt. Measuring 22 inches wide x 43 3/8 inches High x 2 3/4 inches deep, section siz...
Category
1830s Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
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
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
Neoclassical Cast Iron and Brass Wall Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Custom wall mirror features an antique, neoclassical, cast iron and nickel plated fireplace surround with brass accents and beveled mirror.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Brass, Iron
Italian Neoclassical Silver and Gold Gilt Foliage Wall Mirror, Circa 1770
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian neoclassical silver and gold gilt carved wood & gesso wall mirror with a foliage scroll work cartouche, arched mirror plate with molded rosette surrounds, flanked by foliage ...
Category
1770s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
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
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
18th Century Italian Neo Classical Carved and Parcel Gilt Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 18th century Italian neo classical carved and parcel gilt mirror. Intricate carving at the top of the mirror including flowers and a bird. So pretty!!
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Petite French Giltwood Mirror with Urn and Laurel Crest, circa 1920
Located in Atlanta, GA
This small French mirror from circa 1920 is a poetic echo of neoclassical grandeur, carved in wood and adorned with a lustrous gold finish. Measuring approximately 14 inches wide, 2 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
18th Century Italian Triptych Mirror or Three-Part Folding Mirror
Located in Round Top, TX
This handsome Italian Triptych mirror is complete with its original mercury glass. Features wood carvings attached on top and four metal, remov...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood
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
Carved Neoclassical Giltwood Mirror with Corinthian Columns and Acanthus Leaves
Located in Miami, FL
Offered for sale is an ornate heavily carved European giltwood mirror. The sides of this elegant frame have fluted columns with carved Corinthian capitals and bases. The upper and lo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
$895 Sale Price
47% Off
Silvered and Giltwood Swedish Neoclassical Mirror with Original Glass
Located in Essex, MA
Swedish neoclassical giltwood and silvered mirror with original glass. The mirror is highly decorative, with three carved urns adorning the top of the mirror with laurel swags throughout. The central urn features double handles and a carved flame finial on top with a pedestal base. The two flanking urns are smaller and feature a wreath of hand carved garland...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Silver Leaf
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
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
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
A Stunning Italian 7+ Ft Tall Mirror w/Carved Neoclassic Floral Bouquet, 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Italian large-sized elaborate floor mirror from the 19th century. This antique mirror from Italy features a elaborately carved Neoclassical carved-wood urn, located atop the mirro...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
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
18th C. French Neoclassic "Petit Enfant" Trumeau Mirror
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French neoclassic carved and painted wood trumeau mirror from the 18th century. This antique mirror from France has the tall rectangular-shape, typical of trumeau design, with wood...
Category
18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
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
Neoclassical Italian Gold Leaf Mirror with Wood Frame
Located in New York, NY
Very decorative, stunning gold gilt mirror with wood frame.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of 20th Century French Neoclassical Mirrors with Gilt Accents
By Maison Romeo
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of French 1980s Neoclassical Roman Temple shaped "Parclose" mirrors with gilt wood accents, in the style of Maison Romeo. In good vintage condition.
Category
1980s French Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, 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
Large 18th Century Italian Faux Painted Mantel Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
A spectacular large scale 18th century (possibly older) Italian mirror with original hand painted faux marbling and gilding. This mirror has its original back and though the mirror i...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Florence II Carved Brown Ash Solid Wood Wall Mirror
Located in Naperville, IL
Open up your space with the Florence Wall Mirror. A round frame with detailed carvings surrounding the central mirror, adding a stylish texture to your entrance or living room. This ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moldovan Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Ash
$660 Sale Price
40% Off
Dark Antique Style Oval Ash Solid Wood Mirror
Located in Naperville, IL
Antique Style Oval Mirror
New – not previously owned. Shows absolutely no signs of wear.
Dimensions
H 31.50 in. x W 20/86 in. x D 1.37 in.
H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moldovan Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Ash
$720 Sale Price
40% Off
Neoclassical 2 Section Gold Gilt Pier Mirror
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Wonderful two section neoclassical gold leaf gilt mirror, it retains the original mirror and gold gilt. Measuring 19 1/8 inches wide x 35 3/8 inches high x 2 3/4 inches deep, Minor w...
Category
1830s 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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