Modern Table 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Table Mirrors
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Concrete, Stainless Steel
1940s Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Bronze
1910s German Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Ceramic
2010s French Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Brass, Steel
1970s American Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Brass
1990s American Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Chrome, Nickel
1980s European Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Glass
Early 2000s American Modern Table Mirrors
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
1960s French Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Rope, Mirror
1930s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Slate, Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Brass
1980s American Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Brass
20th Century French Modern Table Mirrors
Wrought Iron
1970s American Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Brass
2010s American Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror, Paint, Reclaimed Wood
20th Century Modern Table Mirrors
Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Aluminum, Iron
1970s French Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Aluminum
1970s American Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Chrome
1970s Swedish Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Blown Glass, Mirror
2010s German Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror, Clay
1670s Italian Antique Modern Table Mirrors
Wood
2010s French Modern Table Mirrors
Ceramic, Porcelain, Mirror
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Wood
2010s French Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Crystal
2010s Turkish Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Brass
2010s French Modern Table Mirrors
Ceramic, Porcelain, Mirror
2010s Spanish Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Table Mirrors
Wood
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Silver
1970s English Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Chrome
Early 2000s American Modern Table Mirrors
Reclaimed Wood, Paint, Mirror
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Crystal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Marble
2010s American Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror, Reclaimed Wood, Paint
2010s American Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror, Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Early 2000s American Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror, Reclaimed Wood, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Brass
Late 20th Century American Modern Table Mirrors
Glass, Mirror
1960s French Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Metal
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Brass
2010s German Modern Table Mirrors
Silver
2010s Spanish Modern Table Mirrors
Stone, Limestone, Marble
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Table Mirrors
Glass
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Slate, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Brass
2010s German Modern Table Mirrors
Clay
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Aluminum
2010s Spanish Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Brass