Neoclassical Mirrors
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Decorative Gold Leaf Wood Mirror
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a Decorative Carved and Gold Leaf Mirror. It's wall mounted and has a pierced crest.
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Plate
Italian Neoclassic Inlaid Walnut Dolphin Design Cheval Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neo-classic (19th Century) inlaid walnut cheval mirror on a stand with carved dolphin-shaped sides and four drawers and a base shelf.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Walnut, Mirror
Late 18th Century Italian Trumeau Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
This late 18th-century Italian trumeau mirror is a stunning exemplar of neoclassical elegance. Its elongated form, painted in a serene antique white hue, exudes a sense of grace and ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Giltwood
Pair of Piedmontese Neoclassical Wall Mirrors, Italy circa 1780
Located in New York, NY
Early and rare pair of Piedmontese walnut framed mirrors with delicate carved and gilded rosettes decorating each corner, the top with cut out pierced gallery carving, with its origi...
Category
1780s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Cut Glass, Giltwood, Walnut
19th Century, French Limed Wood Neoclassical Style Beveled Mirror
Located in Houston, TX
19th century, French limed wood Neoclassical style beveled mirror.
Stunning 19th century French limed wood or cerused wood full length Neoclassical style beveled mirror.
This versati...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
A Pair of Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Pier Mirrors
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A Pair of Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Pier Mirrors.
Each mirror having a rectangular plate with husk-carved inner slip and mirrored outer borders divided by rosettes, the entrel...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of 18th Century Italian Giltwood Mirrors or Sconces
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A beautiful pair of 18th Century Italian giltwood Neoclassical mirrors or sconces.
Circa 1780.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Large & Heavy Floor Mirror in Solid and Walnut Veneer Wax Polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 1800, large and heavy entrance floor mirror, in solid and walnut veneer, wax polished. Original mirror era.
Measures cm: H 185, W 91, D 8.
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Italian Silver Gilt Embossed Foilate Wall Mirror with Ebonized Frame, Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian silver gilt embossed foilate wall mirror with an ebonized checkered frame, four canted side mirrors, flanking corner medallions, and retains the ...
Category
1780s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Silver
George III Style Giltwood Girandole Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
In the style of Robert Adam. Urn form finial with leaf tip swags and scrolls over an oval beveled mirror and a pair of candle arms flanked by leaves and seed pods terminating on urns...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Other
Vintage Marge Carson Platinum Leafed Neoclassical Wall Mirror
By Marge Carson
Located in Hanover, MA
Marge Carson "Corinthian Mirror" Item No. C017.
64 inches high by 50 inches wide this is an extremely well constructed mirror (and quite heavy) prod...
Category
1980s American Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Platinum
Early 18c. Italian Giltwood Mirror
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique mirror, having a rectangular frame of giltwood, its cockbeaded border, surmounted by a fluted urn, flanked by swags of laureling, raised on paw feet.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Mid 20th Century Venetian Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
A Venetian mirror in the classical style from the mid 20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
1790’s Swedish White Marble and Gilded Console and Mirror
Located in San Marino, CA
The console with a veined white marble top, the frieze carved with foliate design motifs and central medallion on tapered fluted legs. The rectangular mirror plate within robed borde...
Category
1790s Swedish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Marble
Large Hexagonal Gild Wood Mirror " à Parclose " With Oriental Details, France 70
Located in Brussels, BE
Fine hexagonal parclose and beveled mirror.
Oriental details on each corner.
Paper label on the back.
France 1970.
Category
1970s European Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Mid 20th Century Gold Vanity Mirror French Ornamentation
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique Vintage Table Vanity Mirror French Ornamentation
Double sided mirror; flat and convex mirror.
No label present. In the style of Fred K....
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Metal, Gold
Massive 19th Century Neoclassical Carved and Gilt Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and impressive mirror with a carved cornice with leafy bands and rosettes underneath. The wide top frieze with a band of palmettes framed by scrolled brackets. The surround o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Plaster
Set of 4 Season's Gilded and Painted Mirrors. Sold Seperately
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 polychromed and gilded Neoclassical mirrors representing the four seasons. Original mirror glass has some age-related loss to plaiting and spotting.
SOLD SEPARATELY. Weig...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
Henredon Neoclassical Carved Walnut and Gold Gilt Wall Mirror, Circa 1960s
By Henredon
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Neoclassical or Regency style wall mirror
By Henredon
USA, Circa 1960s
Carved walnut frame, with gold gilt trim.
Measures: 52"W x 1"D x 37"H.
Very good ori...
Category
1960s American Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Walnut
Pair of 20th Century French Neoclassical Mirrors with Gilt Accents
By Maison Romeo
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of French 1980s Neoclassical Roman Temple shaped "Parclose" mirrors with gilt wood accents, in the style of Maison Romeo. In good vintage condition.
Category
1980s French Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Neoclassical Style Mirror or Picture Frame
Located in Sheffield, MA
A large rectangular 38" x 48" American Classical style carved giltwood frame for mirror or painting, with boldly carved fluting, and raised square and roundel centre. May be hung hor...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Italian Neoclassic Giltwood Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
With original wonderful surface gilding. The crest with urn of flowers and trailing arabesques over an original distressed mirror plate that we will replace if requested. The frame w...
Category
1790s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Pine, Giltwood
Psiqué Dressing Mirror, Mahogany, Bronze, Marble, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Note the neoclassical influence of the decorative elements and the composition of the furniture, highlighting the figure inspired by the classical mythology of the upper part (it is ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Marble, Bronze, Other
Neoclassical tole Giltwood and Mahogany Ornamental Trumeau or Mantle Mirror
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Neoclassical tole Giltwood and Mahogany Ornamental Trumeau or Mantle Mirror. Ornately carved mahogany giltwood mirror. Top features a raised mounted classic urn crest. From the urn, ...
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Neoclassical Gold Leaf Gilt Mirror 3 Sections
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Wonderful three section neoclassical gold leaf gilt mirror, it retains the original mirror and gold gilt. Measuring 64.25 inches wide x 26 inches...
Category
1830s Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Rustic Antique Neoclassical Style Pier Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elemental carved oak Pier Mirror with an Architectural feel. Ca, 1840. A tall narrow carved natural oak surround for the mirror. A high relief scrolled architrave at top with cent...
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Oak
Monumental Gilt & Ebonized Convex Mirror with Eagle
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Monumental highly decorative round convex mirror with a carved eagle crest, ebonized and reeded trim, the surround with relief design and terminating with a large shell motif. The eagle standing on a sphere atop a pedestal and flanked by large and impressive scrolling acanthus leaves at the shoulders. The mirror hand-molded hand-finished wood composite with a hand-applied antique gold leaf finish and masonite backing.
The mirror, after an early 19th century girandole mirror...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Composition
Italian Neoclassic Carved Giltwood Vertical Mirror 'Late 18th Century'
Located in Queens, NY
Italian neoclassic carved giltwood vertical mirror (late 18th century) with a filigree carved cresting top having reclining figure of Neptune.
Category
18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Pair of Italian Neoclassic Giltwood and Iron Giranoles / Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Italian Neoclassic (18th/19th Century) giltwood wall mirrors / girandoles with two wrought iron arms with lights at the bottoms. (PRICED AS PAIR)
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Antique French Gilt Wood Mirror
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique Italian gilt wood mirror. This was made in Italy, it dates from around the 1950’s.
The quality is excellent, it is made from a combination of gilt wood and gesso...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Italian Neoclassical Silver Gilt Wood & Gesso Foliage Crest Wall Mirror, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian neoclassical silver gilt wood & gesso red lacquered wall mirror with a central urn lion mask cartouche decorated with scrolled foliate ...
Category
1810s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Giltwood, Lacquer
Vintage Neoclassical style Wood Mirror with Broken Pediment
Located in Wichita, KS
Lovely Neoclassical style mirror in wood with broken pediment. The wood grain is beautiful and the mirror is in very good shape. It can be used as is, or could be painted if desire...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
LATE 18th CENTURY NEOCLASSICAL PAIR OF MIRRORS WITH ENGRAVED GLASS
Located in Firenze, FI
Beautiful pair of neoclassical mirrors with frames made of larch wood, finely carved and gilded. The frames feature intricate decorations ...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Handsome Mahogany & Ebonized Theodore Alexander Ellie Mirror
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Handsome beautifully made designer mirror having rich mahogany and ebonized wood frame with a nod to Neoclassicism.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mahogany
Neoclassical Gold Gilt Pier Mirror, 2 Section
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Wonderful two section neoclassical gold leaf gilt mirror, it retains the original mirror and gold gilt. Measuring 22 inches wide x 43 3/8 inches High x 2 3/4 inches deep, section siz...
Category
1830s Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Antique French Neoclassical Large Trumeau Floor Mirror Gold Figural Gesso
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique French neoclassical style large trumeau floor mirror golf figural Gesso 76 x 54. Item features a large impressive size, gold gilt gesso figural d...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of Swedish Early 20th Century Gilded and Painted Mirrors with Draped Swags
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of painted and gilded Swedish mirrors from the early 20th century. This pair of Swedish mirrors feature a rather linear profile softened...
Category
20th Century Swedish Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Pair Of White Metal Art Deco / Classical Mirrors From Svenskt Tenn
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in Doraville, GA
A pair of diminutive mirrors probably made in the 1920's - 1930's for Svenskt Tenn in Sweden. The mirrors appear to made of a matte finish white / p...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Pewter
Italian Neoclassic Painted Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Neoclassic style (20th Cent) grey painted small mirror with urn top and wreath with acorns and flowers.
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Paint
Pair of Italian Neoclassic Gilt Fleur De Lis Pediment Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian Neoclassic (18/19th Century) gilt framed wall mirrors with four glass panels and a white painted and gilt trophy carved pediment with a fle...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Sunburst Mirrors
Located in Miami, FL
Two pairs available of signed convex mirrors from Belgium.
Size of the convex mirror inside: 12" diameter.
From a hotel in nice on the French Riviera.
Priced by pair.
Category
20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Iron
18th Century French Neoclassical Giltwood Mirror
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A neoclassical carved giltwood wall mirror, France, late 18th century, circa 1770-1790, elaborately carved frieze decor, the corners each with a sunflower, the crest with an urn and ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Giltwood
French Antique 18th Century Neoclassical Style Marble Mirror, Giltwood, Distress
Located in Manhasset, NY
Finest antique parcel-gilt and marble mirror in the neoclassical taste dated from the late 18th century, the rectangular looking glass surmounted by marble frame and flanked by marbl...
Category
18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
Carved and Painted Neoclassic Frame and Mirror
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Dramatic antique wall mirror crafted in hardwood, carved and polychromed with theatrical motifs, featuring seashells, rope and tassel, curtains and crest panel with nudes. Once hung ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Hardwood
Pair of Early 20th Century French Giltwood Mirrors with Original Mercury Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a hallway or entry with these matching gilt wood wall decors. Created in France circa 1920, each carved frame with Classic lines, features a b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Italian Neoclassical Regency Rectangle Gilded Wall Mirror, 1930s
Located in Miami, FL
Neoclassical Regency rectangle Gilded wall mirror with fine detailing in the frame, made in Italy, 1930.
The Backing is solid wood, and it has some weight to it.
Can be hung securely...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
Pair of Neoclassical Wall or Console Mirrors, Giltwood Carved
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of neoclassical wall or console mirrors. Giltwood pair of Italian wall or console mirrors each having a clear center dome shaped mirror set inside a grouping of smaller mirrors ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
19th Century Neoclassical Carved Giltwood Mirror with Mandolin
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Authentic 19th century French carved giltwood small wall mirror having neoclassical design with mandolin at the top.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Highly Decorative 19th Century Venetian Glass Mirror
Located in Dublin 8, IE
A highly decorative late 19th century Venetian glass mirror with reverse etched patterning and detailed hand painted enamelled blue glass p...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Pair of Italian Neoclassic Style Black Lacquered Vertical Wall Mirrors
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Italian neoclassic-style (20th Century) black lacquered vertical wall mirrors with carved gilt swag and scroll design with an inner gilt beade...
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Gorgeous 18th- 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Giltwood Mirror with Dolphins
Located in Charleston, SC
Gorgeous late 18th- early 19th century Italian Neoclassical giltwood mirror with urns and dolphins. At 64.5 x 34 inches, this mirror has great scale and depth. Great color- rich pati...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Early 19th Century Continental Neoclassical Giltwood Sconce Mirrors
Located in Essex, MA
Pair of early 19th century continental sconce mirrors with original early glass and original gilding. Two arm sconces for candles. Great size and wo...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Beech, Giltwood
Pair of Venetian Painted & Gilt Floral Crest Girandole Mirrors. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Venetian painted and gilt girandole mirrors with carved floral crest , gilt side carvings & the original three arm candle cluster . Mirr...
Category
1780s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Neoclassical Style Oval Black and Carved Gold Giltwood Mirror Made in Italy
Located in West Hartford, CT
Exquisite large neoclassical style black and gold giltwood oval mirror with ornately carved swag and acanthus leaf detail. Has Made in Italy hallmarks on back.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
19th c. Italian Giltwood Overmantle with Original Mirror Plates
Located in Wichita, KS
A rare early 19th century Italian Neoclassical period, original giltwood mirror elaborately carved with inspiration from Ancient Rome, circa 1800. Th...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror 'A la Grecque'
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The Louis XVI Giltwood Mirror in the ‘goût grec’ taste, of rectangular shape surmounted by an urn in a circle and hung with a ribbon-tied pendant foliate swag partially wrapping each...
Category
1770s Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Pair of Italian Gilt Carved Floral Wall Mirrors. Circa 1780
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Italian gilt carved wood wall mirrors with ribbons , flanking urns , medallions , & floral swags . Late 18th Century. Mirrors retain the original glass & wood back .
Category
1780s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Italian Flame Mahogany & Ebonized Gilt Wall Mirror with Original Glass, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
Italian flame / crotch mahogany wall mirror with flanking ebonized columns, gilt capitals, arched cartouche and resting on a carved molded rectangular block edge. Mirror retains the ...
Category
1810s Italian Antique Neoclassical Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Ebony, Mahogany, Giltwood
Neoclassical mirrors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Neoclassical mirrors for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage mirrors created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include mirrors, tables, lighting and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Neoclassical mirrors made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original mirrors, popular names associated with this style include Carpanese Home Italia, Deknudt, Friedman Brothers, and LaBarge. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for mirrors differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $190 and tops out at $198,000 while the average work can sell for $3,489.