Shield Mirror
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
Early 20th Century German Jugendstil Table Mirrors
Metal
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Ceramic
2010s Italian Sunglasses
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables
Marble, Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Dining Room Chairs
Rosewood
Antique Late 19th Century British Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Oak
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Brass
Antique Early 1900s British Adam Style Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mir...
Satinwood
Early 20th Century British More Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century English Sheraton More Mirrors
Late 20th Century British Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Wood
Early 20th Century Italian Decorative Art
21st Century and Contemporary British Sunglasses
21st Century and Contemporary British Sunglasses
2010s Italian Sunglasses
Mid-20th Century Unknown Regency Wall Lights and Sconces
20th Century Decorative Art
2010s Italian Sunglasses
Vintage 1940s Italian Belle Époque Wall Lights and Sconces
Glass, Mirror
2010s Italian Sunglasses
2010s Italian Sunglasses
2010s Italian Sunglasses
Early 20th Century Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
20th Century British Console Tables
Bronze
2010s Sunglasses
Vintage 1930s Italian Decorative Art
Early 20th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces
Iron
Early 20th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal
Antique Late 19th Century Renaissance Revival Dressers
Marble
20th Century French Tables
Bronze
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Dressers
Marble
Antique 19th Century American Victorian Dressers
Marble
20th Century European Victorian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Metal
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Mirror, Walnut
Early 20th Century American Armchairs
Metal
Early 20th Century American Dressers
Bronze
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
20th Century French Wall Lights and Sconces
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
20th Century Decorative Art
Antique Late 19th Century German Console Tables
Wrought Iron
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Antique 18th Century and Earlier British Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver
Antique 1890s English Victorian Tables
Mahogany
20th Century Italian Modern Console Tables
Brass
Early 20th Century Coat Racks and Stands
Mahogany
Antique 1890s American Late Victorian Dressers
Oak
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Vanities
Mirror, Mahogany
Early 20th Century British Vanities
Mirror
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Gold Leaf, Metal
Early 20th Century Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Iron
20th Century American Vanities
Burl
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Flush Mount
Metal, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sunglasses
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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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