Mercury Mirrors
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Mercury Glass
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Gold Leaf
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Leather, Mirror, Pine
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Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
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Mercury Glass, Oak
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Mercury Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1880s French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique 1820s English Regency Convex Mirrors
Brass
2010s American Brutalist Wall Mirrors
Crystal, Rock Crystal, Metal, Silver, Brass, Bronze
Antique 17th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Swedish Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Pine
Antique Early 19th Century Irish George III Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Sunburst Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Paint
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Oak
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Mid-19th Century English George III Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Pine
Antique Early 1800s Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1790s American Chippendale Wall Mirrors
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Antique 19th Century Italian Other Wall Mirrors
Gold
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1760s Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors
Glass, Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Gustavian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique 1760s English George III Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique 17th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 1730s English George II Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 18th Century English Adam Style Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique 19th Century English Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique 1760s English Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century European Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Early 1800s Italian Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood, Mercury Glass
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Mercury Glass, Pine
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Mercury Glass, Wood
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Mercury Glass, Mirror
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Mercury Glass, Pine
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
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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 mercury mirror?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A mercury mirror is a type of wall mirror that features mercury glass inside of a decorative frame. Mercury glass is the term for two panes of glass separated by silvering material. Early examples feature real mercury, while ones produced after the 1840s usually substitute silver nitrate. On 1stDibs, shop a range of mercury mirrors.
- Why was mercury used in mirrors?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mercury was used in mirrors in the form of mercury amalgam. This substance was used because of its highly reflective property when applied on a surface. Shop an array of antique mercury mirrors from top sellers around the world on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mercury mirrors were made with a thicker glass layer than modern mirrors, so one way of identifying a mercury mirror is to test the thickness. Take an object like a pen or toothpick and press it against the mirror. If the object looks like it’s touching its own reflection, then the mirror is thin and not a mercury mirror. However, if the object appears separate from its reflection, the thickness indicates that it’s probably a mercury mirror. Shop a collection of antique mercury mirrors from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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