Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
1780s American Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Late 18th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Dutch Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Giltwood, Mirror, Wood
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Mahogany
18th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century North American Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
1830s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mahogany
1810s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Ebony, Giltwood, Pine, Mirror, Gesso
1810s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Poplar
Early 20th Century Unknown Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Mahogany
Early 1800s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Gesso, Glass, Wood, Ebony, Giltwood
1820s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Gold Leaf
Early 20th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Giltwood, Wood, Mirror
1810s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Giltwood, Mirror
1810s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Gold Leaf, Brass
1820s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood, Ebony
1880s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Plaster
19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Late 19th Century Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Wood
19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
1810s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Mahogany, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Wood
18th Century and Earlier French Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
19th Century Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Wood
Early 19th Century Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
1830s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood, Gesso
1820s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Gold Leaf
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Mahogany, Giltwood
1830s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mahogany, Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Italian Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Wood, Mirror
Early 1800s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Mid-19th Century English Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror
Early 20th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Wood
Early 1800s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
Late 18th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mahogany, Giltwood
Early 20th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mahogany, Paint, Mirror
19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Early 20th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Mahogany, Giltwood
Early 19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Pine, Glass
19th Century American Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Wood, Paint
1820s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Wood
1790s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Early 1800s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Pine
19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Late 18th Century Central American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Wood
19th Century American American Classical Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
19th Century Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
19th Century American Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Wood, Mirror
Early 1900s American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Wood
19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Late 19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mirror, Giltwood
Late 19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Giltwood
19th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Mahogany, Mirror
19th Century American Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Early 20th Century American Federal Antique Federal Gilt Mirror
Metal, 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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