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 Neoclassic Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
A mahogany and giltwood neoclassic mirror. Portrait of Classic figure in oval at top with swags to frame. Applied urns as sides and lyre in center, all gilt as well as around mirror....
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror, Giltwood
M. E. FAGER - EGLOMISÉ REVERSE MIRROR Paintings
By W.E. Fager
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A pair of M.E. FAGER reverse mirror paintings framed and each signed by artist. American design, 1950. Each rectangular mirror plate depicting ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
Neoclassical tole Giltwood and Mahogany Ornamental Trumeau or Mantle Mirror
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Neoclassical tole Giltwood and Mahogany Ornamental Trumeau or Mantle Mirror. Ornately carved mahogany giltwood mirror. Top features a raised mounted classic urn crest. From the urn, ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Giltwood, Mirror
Custom Clear Mirror with Mirror Baguettes and Gold Leaf Frame
Located in New York, NY
Custom clear mirror with mirror baguettes and gold leaf frame. Glass rosette details are added to the corner mirror baguettes. Customization is available in different sizes.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Oscar Bach Attr. Bronze and Onyx Top Red Console Hall Table with Figural Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine neoclassical motif bronze console table with matching wall mirror attributed to decorative artist Oscar Bach. The table sits on claw feet rising into tapered legs with figural partial nude female...
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Early 20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Biedermeier Fruitwood Pier Mirror, 19th Century
Located in Buchanan, MI
A Biedermeier fruitwood pier mirror
19th century
having a molded projecting cornice above a panel carved to show a demilune and a vertical rectangular beveled mirror plate.
Mea...
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Early 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Satinwood
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
Antique Italian Neoclassical Style Giltwood Mirror with Inset Mirrored Pieces
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Italian neoclassical style giltwood mirror with inset mirrored pieces.
Stunning Venetian geometric giltwood mirror, circa 1920. This unusua...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Egyptian Neoclassic Style Maple Inlaid Wall Mirrors
Located in New York, 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
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.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
1950-1970 Romantic Mirror Murano Mr et Mme
By Veronese
Located in Paris, FR
Murano mirror with leaves and golden flowers has the sheet of gold in inclusion, circa 1950-1970, good condition, central mirror is beveled. Measures: H 87 x 59 cm.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass
PG Bylanders, Neoclassical, Console, Mirror, Brown Wood, Gold Gilt, Sweden 1820s
Located in Stamford, CT
Fine signed P.G Bylanders, Gothenberg, circa 1810, Carved mahogany and giltwood Swedish neoclassical console with mirror. This fabulou...
Category
1820s Swedish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
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
Italian Neoclassic Carved Giltwood Vertical Mirror 'Late 18th Century'
Located in New York, 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
19th Century Large & Heavy Floor Mirror in Solid and Walnut Veneer Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 1800, large and heavy entrance floor mirror, in solid and walnut veneer, wax polished. Original mirror era.
Measures cm: H 185, W 91, D 8.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
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
Continental '19th Century' Porcelain Keystone Shaped Wall Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Continental, possibly German, '19th centurty' white porcelain keystone shaped wall mirror with yellow trim and floral decoration having a floral pediment (similar to VCG005).
Category
19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Porcelain
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
French Empire-Style Mirrored Sconce, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French Empire style sconce with convex mirror, two arrows, and gold stars, circa 1940. Rewired for USA with two sockets, 25W bulbs included.
Category
1940s French Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Gilt Bronze Venetian Console & Mirror, Marble Top, Vincenzo Cadorin Attributed
Located in Vigonza, Padua
We can sell the pieces separately
19th century neoclassic gilt bronze Venetian console with mirror, onix marble top, Vincenzo Cadorin attributable. A piece unparalleled and elegant.
Measures cm:
Console H 83, W 88, D 31
Mirror H 111, W 43, D 4
Biography: Cadorin Vincenzo (1854-1925)
Venetian sculptor born in 1854, he was trained in the studio of Benvenuti, he then studied at the Venetian Academy. In 1883 he exposed his first works in Rome and in the next year he won the gold medal in the exposure in Turin. (Luisa GIORDANO, Cadorin, Vincenzo, in Biographic Dictionary of the Italians, XVI, Rome 1973, p. 97). His most known work is the gilt carved wooden desk...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
Pair of Giltwood Neoclassical Style Mirrors
Located in New York, NY
A pair of restrained, yet elegant gilt wood mirrors. The molded frame surrounds the bevelled antiqued glass and a carved neoclassical motif on upper portion.
Category
20th Century Unknown Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
Very Large Mirror in Antique Decorative Architectural Frame
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Large mirror in antique decorative frame. The frame is decorated with architectural elements such as a tympanum and Ionic pilasters. Under the tympanum the text "AVE MARIA GRATIA PLE...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
French Neoclassical Wrought Iron Mirrors with Laurel Leaf Border
Located in New York, NY
French neoclassical pair of oval mirrors with wrought iron borders in form of laurel leaf crowns. The pair was made in France during the 18th ...
Category
18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Iron
Mid-19th Century Neoclassic Wall Mirror or Fireplace, Hand-Carved Walnut
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian, circa 1850, neoclassic wall mirror or fireplace, hand-carved walnut wax polished
Measures cm: H 88 x W 150 x D 12.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Charles IV of Spain Gold Gilded Neoclassical Mirror
Located in Marbella, ES
18th Spanish origin neoclassical style carved gold gilded wooden frame, surrounded and topped by vegetable decorations and crest.
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Monumental Silvered Sunburst Mirror by Melissa Levinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental carved silver gilt sunburst mirror with eighteen arms radiating from a center mirror. More finishes and sizes available for custom order.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Silver Leaf
19th Century Neoclassical Style Ormolu and Marble Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
This endearing French mantel clock combines lustrous ormolu and sumptuous white marble, making for a light and yet majestic work that perfectly compliments the masterfully executed N...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Psiqué Dressing Mirror, Mahogany, Bronze, Marble, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Note the neoclassical influence of the decorative elements and the composition of the furniture, highlighting the figure inspired by the classical mythology of the upper part (it is ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Other
Italian Trumeau with Inset Panels of Fruit
Located in Nashville, TN
Nice warm Tuscan feel.
Each fruit panel has a ground of silver foil or leaf. Charming wear to each of the panels (see photos).
The beveled mirror plate is a very good distress jo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
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
Pair of French, 19th Century Giltwood Mirrored Back Wall Sconces
Located in Stamford, CT
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
Continental '19th Century' Porcelain Keystone Shaped Wall Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Continental (possibly German 19th century) white porcelain keystone shaped wall mirror with yellow trim and floral decoration having a floral pediment and etched glass with a figure ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Marge Carson Platinum Leafed Neoclassical Wall Mirror
By Marge Carson
Located in Hanover, MA
Marge Carson "Corinthian Mirror" Item No. C017.
64 inches high by 50 inches wide this is an extremely well constructed mirror (and quite heavy) prod...
Category
1980s American Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Platinum
Fruitwood and Ebonized Parcel Gilt Neoclassical Pier Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fruitwood & Ebonized Parcel Gilt
Neoclassical Pier Mirror
Circa 1800
Height 67 in. Width 33 in.
Provenance:
Property of a Gentleman Boston M...
Category
Early 19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
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 four columnar pilasters surmounted by ba...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Italian NeoClassic Carved Giltwood Leaf and Urn Pediment Wall Mirror
Located in New York, 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
Convex Mirror with Eagle Wood Gilt with Golden-Leafed, 1950-1970
Located in Paris, FR
Mirror wood guilt 22-carat
1950-1970
Good condition
Mirror convex in the middle, measure: Height 97 cm, diameter 27 cm.
Category
1950s French Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Mid-19th Century Gilt Classical Acanthus Looking Glass Mirror
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Richly carved water gilt mirror with acanthus leaves and chunky gadrooned edge. The outer frame is banded by small egg and dart molding. A fine art frame...
Category
1870s American Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Russian Neoclassical Style Parcel Paint and Gilt Decorated Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
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
19th century American Classical Federal Monumental Eglomise Overmantel Mirror
Located in Savannah, GA
Unusual very large sized American wall mirror or overmantel featuring lavish ornamentation. The classical style elaborate fluted Corinthian columns are featured in both the carved gi...
Category
Early 1800s American Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Neoclassical Style Verre Églomisé Overmantel or Console Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Neoclassical style verre églomisé overmantel mirror. Having three mirror panels flanked by column-form sides this giltwood mirror is meticulously carved and depicts the Hollywood Reg...
Category
1960s Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
Pair of Italian Gilt Carved Wood Foliage Wall Mirrors, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, 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
Italian Gilt Wood and Painted Floral Oval Dressing - Shaving Mirror, Circa 1820
Located in Hollywood, 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
Paint, Wood, Glass, Gesso
Early 19th Century Neoclassical Mirror with Queen Anne Plate
Located in Greenwich, CT
There is nothing new about recycling. This early 19th century English neoclassical giltwood and églomisé mirror is a little gem, made all ...
Category
Late 18th Century Great Britain (UK) Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
2 Customizable Modern Blue Lacquer Greek Key Design Wall Mirrors
Located in New York, 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
Antique Italian Neoclassical Style Faux Marble and Giltwood Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Italian neoclassical style faux marble and giltwood mirror.
Interesting 19th century Italian neoclassical style faux painted and giltwood mirror with columns. The subtle fau...
Category
1880s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood
18th Century Charles IV of Spain Gold Giltwood Neoclassical Mirror
Located in Marbella, ES
Spanish origin neoclassical style carved gold giltwood frame, surrounded and topped by vegetable decorations and crest.
Category
Mid-18th Century Spanish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
19th Century English Giltwood Wall Mirror
By Robert Adam
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A neoclassical style oval wall mirror crowned with an urn and stylized dolphins. The mirrored glass is original.
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
18th Century Italian Triptych Mirror or Three-Part Folding Mirror
Located in Houston, 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
Italian Gilt Shell Cartouche Acanthus Mirror. Circa 1730
Located in Hollywood, SC
Italian gilt carved wood wall mirror with shell cartouche, flanking decorative scrolled acanthus carvings and resting on cross hatching rectangular base. Mirror retains the original ...
Category
1730s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mahogany Neoclassical Wall Mirror 19th Century Continental
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful Mahogany Neoclassical Mirror with Ebony accented pediment and bronze appliques above and below the mirror plate. Continental, Circa 1860.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
Italian Neoclassical Silver and Gold Gilt Foliage Wall Mirror, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, 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
Italian Antique Ebonized Wall Mirrore
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19th century Ebonized carved wood frame venetian motifs around the top border of the frame.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Period English Neoclassical Mirror with Musical Trophies
Located in Essex, MA
Period late Georgian carved and giltwood mirror.
Magnificently carved wooden trophies.
Neoclassical mandolin, flutes, acanthus, laurel.
Original gilding.
Category
Early 1800s Great Britain (UK) Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Beech, Wood
18th Century Neoclassical Mirror with Signed Grisaille by Jacob de Wit, 1749
By Jacob De Wit
Located in Essex, MA
Rare signed and dated Grisaille panel of The Allegory of Art by "Jacob de Wit," 1749.
Incorporated into a mirror in the late 18th century.
Putti en grisaille.
Original gilt.
Al...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Beech
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
Painted and Parcel Gilt Trumeau with 18th Century Pediment
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Trumeau mirror, its rectangular frame carved with gadrooning and beading, surmounted by an 18th Century panel, decorated with elaborate, gilded, classical carvings; center panel carv...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
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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