19th Century Empire Floor Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Empire Desks and Writing Tables
Metal
Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Alabaster, Gold Plate, Brass
Antique Mid-19th Century American American Empire Dressers
Glass, Mahogany
Antique 1810s French Empire Console Tables
Beech
Antique 1840s German Biedermeier Secretaires
Ash
Antique 19th Century French Cabinets
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Asian Regency Jewelry Boxes
Brass
Antique 19th Century American Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century Danish Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique 1860s French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mi...
Wood, Mirror
Antique Early 19th Century French Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century American Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Iron
Antique 19th Century Italian Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Cut Glass, Mercury Glass, Hardwood
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Antique 19th Century French First Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Antique 1890s French Louis XVI Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century American Empire Revival Floor Mirrors and Full...
Oak
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Marble
Antique Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Brass
Antique 1840s French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Metal
Antique 19th Century German Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century English Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...
Mahogany
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length ...
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Trumeau Mirrors
Walnut
Antique 19th Century French Console Tables
Marble
Antique Early 1900s European Empire Revival Vanities
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Dining Room Sets
Marble, Bronze
Antique Early 1900s French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Cherry, Mirror
Antique Mid-19th Century European Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Glass, Mahogany
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Bronze
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Finding the Right Mirrors for You
The road from early innovations in reflective glass to the alluring antique and vintage mirrors in trendy modern interiors has been a long one but we’re reminded of the journey everywhere we look.
In many respects, wall mirrors, floor mirrors and full-length mirrors are to interior design what jeans are to dressing. Exceedingly versatile. Universally flattering. Unobtrusively elegant. And while all mirrors are not created equal, even in their most elaborate incarnation, they're still the heavy lifters of interior design, visually enlarging and illuminating any space.
We’ve come a great distance from the polished stone that served as mirrors in Central America thousands of years ago or the copper mirrors of Mesopotamia before that. Today’s coveted glass Venetian mirrors, which should be cleaned with a solution of white vinegar and water, were likely produced in Italy beginning in the 1500s, while antique mirrors originating during the 19th century can add the rustic farmhouse feel to your mudroom that you didn’t know you needed.
By the early 20th century, experiments with various alloys allowed for mirrors to be made inexpensively. The geometric shapes and beveled edges that characterize mirrors crafted in the Art Deco style of the 1920s can bring pizzazz to your entryway, while an ornate LaBarge mirror made in the Hollywood Regency style makes a statement in any bedroom. Friedman Brothers is a particularly popular manufacturer known for decorative round and rectangular framed mirrors designed in the Rococo, Louis XVI and other styles, including dramatic wall mirrors framed in gold faux bamboo that bear the hallmarks of Asian design.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, mid-century modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary mirrors. Today’s simple yet chic mantel mirror frames, for example, often neutral in color, owe to the understated mirror designs introduced in the postwar era.
Sculptor and furniture maker Paul Evans had been making collage-style cabinets since at least the late 1950s when he designed his Patchwork mirror — part of a series that yielded expressive works of combined brass, copper and pewter — for Directional Furniture during the mid-1960s. Several books celebrating Evans’s work were published beginning in the early 2000s, as his unconventional furniture has been enjoying a moment not unlike the resurgence that the Ultrafragola mirror is seeing. Designed by the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror, in all its sensuous acrylic splendor, has become somewhat of a star thanks to much-lauded appearances in shelter magazines and on social media.
On 1stDibs, we have a broad selection of vintage and antique mirrors and tips on how to style your contemporary mirror too.
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