Mercury Mirror 18th Century
Antique 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Canvas, Mirror
Antique Mid-18th Century Spanish Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Trumeau Mirrors
Wood, Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood, Lacquer
Antique Mid-18th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Canvas, Mercury Glass
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Iron, Metal
Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Canvas, Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Floor Mirrors and Full-Length M...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian More Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century British George IV Wall Mirrors
Gesso
Antique 18th Century English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Rosewood, Walnut
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French More Mirrors
Wood, Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique 18th Century Italian Other Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Trumeau Mirrors
Wood, Mercury Glass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English More Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace ...
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace ...
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English More Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Other Wall Mirrors
Gold Plate
Antique Mid-18th Century Sicilian Baroque Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Carrara Marble
Antique Late 18th Century French Sunburst Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XV Trumeau Mirrors
Wood, Mercury Glass
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Directoire Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Trumeau Mirrors
Mercury Glass
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Early 18th Century French Regency Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Plaster, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass
Late 20th Century North American Régence Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Mercury Glass, Walnut, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Walnut, Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique Early 18th Century English George I Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace...
Gold Leaf
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Walnut, Mercury Glass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier English George I Mantel Mirrors and Fir...
Gold Leaf
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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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