Mirror Carved Shell
Early 20th Century Wall Mirrors
Metal
Mid-20th Century American Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century Rococo Wall Mirrors
Beech
20th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Vintage 1980s Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Early 20th Century Unknown Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Mahogany
Vintage 1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Poplar
Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century Unknown Other Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Mid-20th Century Unknown Rococo Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Late 20th Century Italian Regency Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Vintage 1930s Wall Mirrors
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood, Paint
Antique 1770s British Chippendale Wall Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
Late 20th Century American Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Glass, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Poplar
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Glass, Giltwood
Antique 1730s Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1940s English Georgian Wall Mirrors
Walnut
Mid-20th Century Unknown Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Glass, Foam
Mid-20th Century Italian Regency Wall Mirrors
Glass, Poplar
Antique 19th Century English Georgian Wall Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Glass, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Wood, Glass
Antique Early 18th Century French Régence Wall Mirrors
Gold Leaf
Vintage 1930s American George III Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 1810s American Federal Convex Mirrors
Ebony, Giltwood, Pine, Mirror, Gesso
Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 1780s Italian Neoclassical Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Wood, Giltwood
Antique 1720s English Queen Anne Wall Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror, Walnut, Giltwood, Burl
Antique 1810s American American Empire Wall Mirrors
Giltwood, Wood, Glass
Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Antique Late 19th Century Lebanese Moorish Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace ...
Walnut, Shell, Abalone
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Giltwood, Paint
Antique 19th Century American Empire Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood, Mirror
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Wood
Early 20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Pier Mirrors and Console Mi...
Marble
Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Gold
Early 20th Century Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
Early 20th Century Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Wood, Mirror
2010s Syrian Modern Wall Mirrors
Tin
Vintage 1940s French Baroque Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Wood, Paint
Vintage 1940s French Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Glass, Giltwood
Early 20th Century French Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Giltwood
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Mercury Glass, Mirror
Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Wall Mirrors
Glass, Wood
Vintage 1960s Hollywood Regency Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique 18th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Wood
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Rococo Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Mirror
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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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