Modern Wall 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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
Late 20th Century American Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paint
20th Century Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Onyx, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal
2010s Brazilian Modern Wall Mirrors
Zinc
2010s Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Wall Mirrors
Aluminum
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Plaster
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Leather, Mirror
2010s French Modern Wall Mirrors
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Ceramic, Glass, Stained Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Wall Mirrors
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Steel
2010s English Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
2010s German Modern Wall Mirrors
Steel
1950s French Vintage Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass, Iron
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Steel, Iron
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Steel, Iron
1980s American Vintage Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
Late 20th Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Iron
2010s Danish Modern Wall Mirrors
Acrylic, Wood
2010s Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Marble
2010s Danish Modern Wall Mirrors
Acrylic, Wood
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Steel, Iron
1960s French Vintage Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Wall Mirrors
Stone, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal, Tin
1960s Italian Vintage Modern Wall Mirrors
Wicker, Rattan, Glass, Mirror, Wood, Bamboo, Reed
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
2010s Danish Modern Wall Mirrors
Copper
2010s Hungarian Modern Wall Mirrors
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Marble, Brass
2010s South Korean Modern Wall Mirrors
Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Wall Mirrors
Stone, Bronze
1960s French Vintage Modern Wall Mirrors
Rope, Mirror
2010s Modern Wall Mirrors
Glass
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Wall Mirrors
Bronze
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Resin
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
2010s Ecuadorean Modern Wall Mirrors
Stainless Steel
1980s American Vintage Modern Wall Mirrors
Wood, Lacquer
20th Century Italian Modern Wall Mirrors
Metal
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Hardwood
2010s British Modern Wall Mirrors
Nylon
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
2010s American Modern Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
2010s French Modern Wall Mirrors
Oak