Foliate Mirror
Early 20th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood, Glass
Antique 19th Century French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Wood, Plaster
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Rococo Girandoles
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 1820s George IV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Antique 19th Century English Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Giltwood
Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Beech
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fir...
Antique Mid-18th Century American Rococo Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Pine
Vintage 1950s Italian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique 1820s European Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1820s French Neoclassical Trumeau Mirrors
Gold Leaf
20th Century Italian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood
20th Century American Picture Frames
Wood, Paint, Mirror
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Picture Frames
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art
Antique 19th Century American Decorative Art
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Art
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Picture Frames
Gesso
20th Century Argentine Picture Frames
Antique 19th Century Decorative Art
20th Century French Decorative Art
Early 20th Century American Wall Lights and Sconces
Mirror
Early 20th Century American Wall Lights and Sconces
Mirror
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Antique 1880s French Center Tables
Marble
Early 20th Century American Wall Lights and Sconces
Velvet
Early 20th Century American Wall Lights and Sconces
Antique 1880s Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror
20th Century Unknown Wall Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Antique 1880s Irish Wall Mirrors
Mahogany
Mid-20th Century Italian Grand Tour Wall Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1920s American Aesthetic Movement Wall Mirrors
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 17th Century French Baroque Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
1990s Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gold
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-19th Century English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 1820s English Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Plaster
Antique 1880s Scottish Wardrobes and Armoires
Walnut
Antique 1860s English Victorian Wardrobes and Armoires
Satinwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood, Glass
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Wall Mirrors
Wood, Glass
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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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