Mercury Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique 1780s Italian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique 1750s Italian Girandoles
Crystal
Antique 19th Century American American Empire Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood, Paint
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Wood
Antique 19th Century English Regency Convex Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Walnut
Antique 19th Century European Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Silver Leaf
Antique Late 18th Century French Restauration Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Paint, Giltwood, Mirror, Mercury Glass
Antique 19th Century English Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1850s Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique Early 18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Silver Leaf
Antique 1720s English George II Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Walnut, Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Ceramic, Mercury Glass
Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Early 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Gesso, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique 1810s Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Silver Leaf
Antique 1790s Swedish Gustavian Wall Mirrors
Brass, Other
Antique Late 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Wall Mirrors
Metal
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century English Queen Anne Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Antique Mid-19th Century French Charles X Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Gesso, Wood
Antique Early 19th Century Georgian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1680s Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Ebony
Antique 1840s Baltic Wall Mirrors
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century French Trumeau Mirrors
Canvas, Mercury Glass
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Paint, Gesso, Wood, Giltwood
Antique Early 18th Century French Regency Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Gesso, Glass, Mercury Glass, Mirror, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1710s French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century English George II Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Walnut, Giltwood
Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century English Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique Mid-18th Century English Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Wood
Antique 1820s English Regency Convex Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
20th Century Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Cherry
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Walnut
Antique Late 19th Century French Black Forest Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Oak
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Silver Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Cherry
Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Cherry
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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