French Mirror Cartouche
Vintage 1940s French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Early 1800s French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Early 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 1820s French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Tin
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Floor Mirrors and Full-Length...
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1880s French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Rococo Trumeau Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Mirrors and Firepla...
Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Wall Mirrors
Vintage 1930s French Renaissance Revival Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
20th Century French Empire Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paint
Antique Late 19th Century French Gothic Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Vintage 1920s French Renaissance Revival Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Oak
Antique 1820s French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Hardwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Regency Wall Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Gesso, Mirror
Antique Late 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Mantel Mirrors and Firepl...
Gold Leaf
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Glass, Mirror, Wood, Paint
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Louis XIV Trumeau Mirrors
Wood
Antique 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Trumeau Mirrors
Walnut
Vintage 1930s French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Mirror, Gesso, Wood
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Wall Mirrors
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Wood, Gesso
Early 20th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Wood
20th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Wood
Vintage 1930s French Decorative Art
Antique Mid-19th Century French Architectural Elements
Iron, Wrought Iron, Tin
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Silver Leaf
20th Century French Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Glass, Wood
Antique 1860s French Wall Mirrors
Antique Late 19th Century French Régence Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Gesso, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
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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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