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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
2010s American Modern Table Mirrors
Limestone
1970s French Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Aluminum
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Carrara Marble, Steel
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Brass
2010s German Modern Table Mirrors
Clay
2010s Turkish Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
2010s German Modern Table Mirrors
Clay
1980s American Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Brass, Chrome
2010s Turkish Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
2010s German Modern Table Mirrors
Clay
2010s German Modern Table Mirrors
Clay
2010s French Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror
2010s French Modern Table Mirrors
Leather, Mirror, Glass
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Brass
2010s French Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Slate, Steel
2010s Turkish Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Brass
2010s Spanish Modern Table Mirrors
Marble, Brass
2010s Canadian Modern Table Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
2010s German Modern Table Mirrors
Clay
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Limestone, Stone
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Stainless Steel, Brass
1980s French Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Table Mirrors
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Murano Glass
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Table Mirrors
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Aluminum
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Bronze
1970s English Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Chrome
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Table Mirrors
Chrome
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Marble
2010s English Modern Table Mirrors
Plastic, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Brass
2010s Italian Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Brass