Shield Mirror
Antique Late 19th Century Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace...
Wood
2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Archival Paper, C Print
Antique 19th Century French Empire Girandoles
Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Arts and Crafts Floor Mirrors and Full...
Marble
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
C Print
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Paper, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Archiv...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sunglasses
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sunglasses
21st Century and Contemporary American Hollywood Regency Wall Lights and...
Iron
2010s Italian Sunglasses
20th Century Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1980s American Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Architectural Elements
Mirror
Early 20th Century Italian Other Wall Lights and Sconces
Mirror
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 2000s Austrian Sunglasses
Vintage 1940s French Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal, Brass
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Wall Lights and Sconces
Mirror, Wood
Early 20th Century Armenian Caucasian Rugs
Wool
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Mahogany
Antique Late 19th Century French Provincial Console Tables
Giltwood
Vintage 1970s Italian Hepplewhite Hat Racks and Stands
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Balinese Classical Greek Pendant Necklaces
18k Gold
Antique 1890s English Adam Style Vanities
Satinwood
20th Century Italian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal
Early 20th Century British Vanities
Wood
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Italian Post-Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Metal
Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Vanities
Brass
Antique 1890s English Arts and Crafts Vanities
Walnut
2010s Indian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Metal, Brass, Steel, Stainless Steel
Antique Early 1800s Tables
Satinwood
Antique 1850s English Victorian Beds and Bed Frames
Rosewood, Walnut
Early 20th Century British Vanities
Wood
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Brass, Steel
Antique 1890s English Adam Style Vanities
Satinwood
Vintage 1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mi...
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Gold
2010s English Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
Antique Early 1800s Georgian Table Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique Early 1900s British Regency Wall Mirrors
Mahogany
Late 20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Glass
Antique 19th Century British Georgian Table Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique 1890s American Wall Mirrors
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Vitrines
Brass
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Brass
Antique 19th Century American Neoclassical Girandoles
Wood, Plaster
20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Antique Early 18th Century British Girandoles
Wood
Antique 1860s French Victorian Wall Mirrors
Gesso
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Revival Table Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mahogany
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Satinwood
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Vanities
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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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