Gilt Empire Mirror
Antique 1860s American Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Wood, Glass
Antique 19th Century American Empire Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood, Glass
Antique 19th Century American More Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 1790s Italian Empire Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Swedish More Mirrors
Wood, Gesso
Antique 19th Century American Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Glass
Antique 19th Century American Wall Mirrors
Glass
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Glass
Antique 19th Century American Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century American Wall Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique 1840s American American Empire Wall Mirrors
Composition
Antique 19th Century French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique 19th Century English Empire Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Antique Late 19th Century American American Empire Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Wood, Paint, Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Empire Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Gesso, Wood
Antique 19th Century French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Antique 19th Century American Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Girandoles
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Trumeau Mirrors
Walnut
20th Century French Empire Trumeau Mirrors
Composition
Antique 19th Century French Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Metal
Antique 19th Century American Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century American More Mirrors
Vermeil, Silver
Antique 1780s Austrian Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Antique 1820s Italian Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Baltic Empire Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 1820s British Empire Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Decorative Art
Wood, Mirror, Paint
Antique Early 19th Century American American Classical Console Tables
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Console Tables
Marble
Antique 19th Century French Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Antique 19th Century French Empire Vanities
Brass
Antique 19th Century French Paintings
Wood, Mirror
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Vanities
Marble, Bronze
Antique Mid-19th Century Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Mirror, Wood
20th Century American Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 1890s French Empire Trumeau Mirrors
Brass
Antique 1850s Italian Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique 1810s French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Wood
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Wall Mirrors
Gold
Antique Early 19th Century European Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1860s French Empire Revival Wall Mirrors
Mirror
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Stucco, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Empire Buffets
Brass
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Vanities
Marble, Brass
Antique Late 19th Century French Empire Console Tables
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century Italian Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
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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.
- What is a gold gilt mirror?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A gold gilt mirror has gold decorative details along the frame. Gilt mirrors often have a thin layer of gold leaf around the edges to create an attractive gold finish. Shop a collection of gold gilt mirrors on 1stDibs.
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