Cherub Mirror
Antique 19th Century American Neoclassical Candle Sconces
Bronze
Antique 1890s English Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Antique 17th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Wood
20th Century Table Mirrors
Sterling Silver
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Unknown Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century Czech Wall Mirrors
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century European Victorian Wall-mounted Sculptures
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood, Glass
Antique 19th Century Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century Wall Mirrors
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Antique 1860s French Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French More Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Metal
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French More Mirrors
Silver, Gold
Antique 19th Century Wall Mirrors
Walnut
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century German Table Mirrors
Glass, Porcelain
Silver, Brass
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Wall Mirrors
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace M...
Bronze
Antique 19th Century French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Picture Frames
Giltwood, Mirror
Early 20th Century French Decorative Objects
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Art
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Decorative Objects
Vintage 1930s Italian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Picture Frames
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Art
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Vintage 1940s Italian Paintings
Masonite
Antique 19th Century Paintings
Antique 1870s English Adam Style Fireplaces and Mantels
Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Early 20th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Plaster, Wood, Paint
Antique Late 18th Century English Wall Mirrors
Wood
20th Century Unknown Baroque Revival Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Walnut
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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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