Queen Anne Mirrors
QUEEN ANNE STYLE
Although named for the last Stuart monarch of England, antique Queen Anne furniture, with its curvy cabriole legs and pad feet, has its origins in the earlier reign of King William III, which began in 1689 and ended with his death in 1702. Later evolving during Anne’s rule from 1702–14, the style would continue to influence design in the decades after her death.
Sometimes called late Baroque or early Georgian, Queen Anne chairs, bedroom furniture and tables are subdued yet ornate and characterized by a graceful blend of influences ranging from Asian design to classical motifs. Furnishings of this era — with their curvilinear supports and novel emphasis on comfort and versatility — are marked by a shift away from the more opulent and angular William and Mary style.
Chairs designed in the Queen Anne style are more functional and lightweight than their predecessors. They often feature a vase or fiddle-shaped splat, which refers to the central vertical back element, in order to support the spine and plush cushions. Craftsmen of the era predominantly worked in walnut, maple and pine. Any embellishments they introduced in their furnishings were frequently minimal and refined and expressed by way of modest flourishes such as shells or scrolls. Some pieces were more lavish with “japanned” finishes, or varnished interpretations of East Asian lacquer art. Almost every piece of furniture, whether a tea table or desk, included S-shaped, animalistic cabriole legs that end in a paw or claw-and-ball form.
These qualities made Queen Anne furniture popular throughout Europe and North America. Boston and Philadelphia became hubs for the production of this style of furniture, spurred by the arrival of British artisans who fostered a market for well-heeled colonists. While the showier Chippendale style later surpassed it in popularity, Queen Anne’s simple elegance still draws an enduring appreciation.
Find a collection of antique Queen Anne dining tables, seating, cabinets and other authentic period furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Queen Anne
Queen Anne Style Wall Mirrors, a Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
A pair of Queen Anne style wall mirrors. Wooden frames are simply carved in a tall arch with a serpentine shape. Finished in black and edged with a gilt beveled border. Dimensions pe...
Category
Late 20th Century Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint
WALNUT Queen Anne Style Cheval Mirror, circa 1930s
Located in Dereham, GB
Walnut Queen Anne Style Cheval Mirror, circa 1930s
Arch Shaped Swing Centre Mirror with Carved Shell Finial,
Pair Brass Screw support bolts,
Pair Tapered Supports with Turned Urn ...
Category
1930s British Vintage Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Queen Anne Mirrors
Located in Westwood, NJ
eaturing a shaped tombstone form, this mirror showcases a border glass frame and antiqued mirror glass for a timeless appeal. Its delicately distressed finish and graceful design cap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror
Antique Japanned Mirror
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
An Antique Japanned Wall Mirror, a rare item that stands as a testament to the exquisite craftsmanship and artistic sensibilities of a bygone era. Th...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Cheval Mirror with Walnut Frame in the Queen Anne Style from England
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English cheval mirror in the Queen Anne style from the 19th century, featuring a stretcher frame of patinated walnut and burled walnut, with turned finial decorations and a fr...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Mahogany Queen Anne Style Mirror or Looking Glass with a Pierced Crest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique, Queen Anne style mirror or looking glass.
With a mahogany veneer.
Having a scrolled crest and carved and gilt stylized shell device above a rectangular scroll mol...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood, Mahogany
Queen Anne Style, Venetian Wall Mirrors, Antiqued Beveled Glass, Dome Top
Located in Manhasset, NY
Queen Anne Style, Venetian Wall Mirrors, Console Mirrors, Antiqued and Beveled Glass, Dome Top
This sophisticated and elegant pair of Dome Top Antiqued Wall Mirrors is perfect for p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mirror
Vintage Queen Anne Style Mirror By Bayarri Spain
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An elegant mirror in the Queen Anne style with the shaped top. With a triple mirrored surround, the outer and inner ones are pieced. The center surround has lovely rosettes at the se...
Category
20th Century Spanish Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Pair of English Queen Anne Walnut Gilt Shell & Figural Wall Mirrors, Circa 1720
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of English Queen Anne burl walnut beveled wall mirrors with central gilt wood shell and foliage decorations, flanking upper star etchings, scalloped gilt foliage interior and ex...
Category
1720s English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mirror, Walnut, Giltwood, Burl
Queen Anne Period Chinoiserie Mirror
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A Queen Anne period mirror with finely decorated black and gold chinoiserie frame. Consisting of two beveled mirror plates. The top, smaller plate of arched shape. The lower mirror p...
Category
Early 18th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Lacquer
Pair of Queen Anne Style Mirrors
Located in Westwood, NJ
A stunning blend of classic elegance and contemporary design. Each mirror features a carved beaded wooden frame with a warm straw wash finish that embodies the timeless Queen Anne st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Queen Anne Style Mirror
Located in Westwood, NJ
Queen Anne style gilt metal tombstone mirror with an antique mirror plate.
Dimensions: 28" W x 1 1/8 D x 48" H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Queen and styled beveled mirror red lacquered in the pagoda style
Located in San Francisco, CA
Queen and styled beveled mirror red lacquered in the pagoda style
29x42
Category
19th Century Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Queen Anne Courting Mirror
Located in Woodbury, CT
Unusual early 18th century courting mirror with frame surrounding reverse painted marbleized glass panels. Rectangular mirror with reverse painted glass pediment of urn with flowers....
Category
Early 18th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint
18th Century, Double Paned Beveled Glass Queen Anne Gilt-wood Mirror Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, 18th century.
This exceptional 18th-century Queen Anne mirror is a testament to the refined elegance and sophistication of the period. Crafted from giltwood and featuring o...
Category
Early 18th Century British Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Pier Glass Mirrors in the Queen Anne manner
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
These giltwood looking glass mirrors form a design transition between the reign of Queen Anne and the Georgian period. The plain, double arched and moulded frames are enriched with s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Wood
Antique Ebonized Queen Anne Style Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
A small continental Queen Anne style mirror with ebonized frame, gold gilt shell decoration on the oval top and gold trim accent that surrounds...
Category
19th Century European Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Maitland-Smith Vintage Venetian Style Wall Mirror
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout vintage Italian style wall mirror having an elaborate mirrored crown with beveled and etched panels over a wood frame with a Queen Anne form and faux tortoise finish around ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Glass
19th Century Queen Anne Japanned Pier Mirror
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A fabulous 19th Century English, Queen Anne style, black and gilt chinoiserie decorated pier mirror.
The black lacquered cushion frame with gilt heightened pavilions, birds and butte...
Category
19th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Queen Anne Giltwood Split Plate Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
Circa 1710 large Queen Anne Giltwood mirror, shaped rectangular split plate in a leaf-carved moulded frame and scrolled leaf-carved cresting with inset griffin, flanked by finials. T...
Category
1710s English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Pair of Queen Anne Style Mirrors
Located in Westwood, NJ
Pair of Queen Anne style gilt metal tombstone mirrors with an antique mirror plate.
Dimensions: 28" W x 1 1/8 D x 48" H.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Queen Anne Stone White Painted Carved Mirror
Located in London, GB
A Queen Anne Stone White Painted Carved Mirror
The beautifully proportioned frame, carved with a large scallop shell cresting, topped with carved fruits, foliage, and pomegranate, w...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Stone
18th Century Queen Anne Style Floral Mirror
Located in Hastings, GB
A beautiful late 18th century mirror in the Queen Anne manner, gilt over gesso flourishes and hand painted decorative elements of flowers and leaves on a soft yellow background.
...
Category
1790s English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Queen Anne Period ‘All Glass’ Border Mirror (SN4950)
Located in London, GB
A Queen Anne Period ‘All Glass’ Border Mirror
A rare early 18th century pier glass, of slender and strong form, retaining the majority of original bevelled plates, the central arche...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Chinoiserie Decorated Cheval Mirror Circa 1930s
By Maple & Co.
Located in Dereham, GB
Chinoiserie Decorated Cheval Mirror Circa 1930s
Green & gold in colour,
Arch top swing mirror in the Queen Anne Style
Pair Square Tapering Supports with Urn Finials,
Pair Brass kno...
Category
1930s British Vintage Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Lacquer
A Highly Decorative Pair of Queen Anne Mirrors
Located in Southall, GB
A pair of highly decorative hand carved and gilded walnut frame mirrors. Featuring a crest with floral gilded carving and elaborate ribbon gilding around the glass. These mirrors wou...
Category
1720s European Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Walnut
Walnut Queen Anne Mirror
Located in West Chester, PA
Queen Anne mirror with carved and gilded shell. 2 part glass. English, circa 1740-1750.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Queen Anne Period ‘All Glass’ Border Mirror (SN4951)
Located in London, GB
A Queen Anne Period ‘All Glass’ Border Mirror
A rare early 18th century pier glass, with slightly broad and grounded proportions, retaining the majority of original bevelled plates,...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Glass
English Queen Anne Early 18th Century Red Chinoiserie Lacquer Mirror
Located in Troy, NY
English Queen Anne Period red Chinoiserie decorated mirror of typical form with a strongly molded frame surrounding the divided mirror plate, topped by ...
Category
Early 18th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Oak
18th C Dutch Queen Anne Mahogany Filigree and Giltwood Mirror
Located in Charleston, SC
A Dutch Queen Anne mirror from the mid 18th century, circa 1750, with finely carved mahogany filigree, giltwood accents and original mirror.
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood
Queen Anne Style Walnut Dressing Mirror
Located in London, GB
A charming Queen Anne style walnut dressing mirror of simple design. This could be hung also.
Category
1930s English Vintage Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
An Early Twentieth Century Tortoiseshell Dressing Mirror
Located in London, GB
A very stylish tortoiseshell veneered and bone strung dressing mirror, the rectangular plate beneath and above elaborate shaped cresting, the pivoted uprights with bone ball finials....
Category
Early 20th Century English Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell, Mirror
Queen Anne Lacquer Pier Mirror, c. 1710
Located in London, GB
Decorated with gilt chinoiserie decoration, with original engraved plate.
English, c. 1710.
Additional information:
Dimension: Height: 151 cm, 59 1/2″
Width: 57 cm, 22 1/2″
Depth: 5...
Category
18th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Queen Anne Black Lacquered Toilet Mirror with Miniature Bureau Base
Located in Folkestone, GB
A fine and rare early 18th century Queen Anne period black Jappanned dressing table mirror witn shaped arched top above the original murcury plate with bevelled edge, supported on tw...
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Lacquer
Very Rare Carved Gilt Gesso Dressing Mirror, circa 1710-1720
Located in Lymington, GB
A very rare carved gilt gesso dressing mirror. Queen Anne / George I-period, ca 1710-20.
Decorated all over with the original finely carved gilt-gesso surfaces with typical circular punched reserves.
The hinged fall - of what one might refer to as the 'table bureau' section - reveals a shaped, fitted interior, gilded and japanned (''lacquered'') in black with red.
Some external carved surfaces show very minor areas of wear revealing the authentic bole and gesso ground. Overall in superb condition.
H: 39 1/2’’ (100 cm)
D: 12 1/2’’ (31.5 cm)
W: 17 3/4’’ (45.5 cm).
Reminiscent of the work of London-based James Moore (ca 1670-1726), a supreme exponent of the art of cut gesso and gilding.
This dressing table mirror is possibly unique in this form, and as such has survived some 310 years in remarkably original state.
It may have been part of a suite of furniture, would have been extremely costly, and very much the reserve of the aristocracy and wealthy in the early part of the 18th century.
For documented pieces by James Moore visit the Royal Collection Trust.
Wikipedia: James Moore (furniture designer).
James Moore (circa 1670 - October 1726) was established at Short's Gardens, St. Giles-in-the-Fields. He was in partnership with John Gumley from 1714 and, unlike his partner, did not advertise - the sole published reference to him being a notice of his death in The Weekly Journal or The British Gazetteer. As Royal cabinet-maker he supplied walnut and mahogany furniture for the Royal Household, the Royal Yacht, and the King's servants and mistresses, as well as the rich gilt-gesso work for which he is best known.
Moore is especially renowned for gilt-gesso furniture: tables; looking glass frames; and candle stands. A pair of gilt-gesso side tables bearing the crowned cypher of George I in The Royal Collection, and the pair of candle stands en-suite are incised with his name - an unusual practice at the time. At Erddig, such furniture by Moore can be linked to surviving bills and receipts from James Moore and John Belchier, 1722-26.
Gilt-gesso furniture is also encountered in fine Louis XIV and other European furniture of the period.
Literature:
Ralph Edwards CBE FSA 'The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture', Hamlyn, London (Fourth Impression 1972) ill. 5, p. 363. One of a pair of looking glasses by James Moore, 1720. Erddig, Denbigh. The crest is reminiscent of that upon our dressing mirror, which we are offering here.
Kreisel, Heinrich, 'Die Kunst Des Deutschen Mobels', CH Beck, Munchen (1970) ill. 345, p. 347 - note similarities in the treatment of the top of the crest. This mirror was last seen in the collection of Augsburg Castle.
Synge, Lanto, 'Great English Furniture', London (1991) p. 52.
Symonds, R. W., 'A Royal Scrutoire', Connoisseur (June 1940) pp. 233-236.
Symonds, R. W., 'English Gesso Furniture', The Antique Collector, Vol. XXVII (August 1956) p. 140.
'A Golden Cabinet...
Category
Early 18th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Queen Anne Style Black Lacquer, Hand Painted Oriental Mirror, circa 1920
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Queen Anne style black lacquer, hand painted oriental mirror, circa 1920
with chinoiseries.
Category
1920s Spanish Vintage Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Queen Anne Style Frame Bleached Mahangony Field of Flower Crest
Located in New York, NY
Queen Anne Style Frame Bleached Mahogany Field of Flower Crest
H. 55" x W. 33 1/4"
Bare Wood Finish
No Center Mirror Panel
Category
Late 20th Century American Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mahogany
Queen Anne Style Gilt & Black Lacquer Mirror
Located in Asheville, NC
Stylish Classical Queen Anne framed, nicely shaped, beveled mirror with shell shaped crest, bell flowers and foliate carvings. Black lacquer and gold leaf.
Category
20th Century Unknown Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Millor Vanity Dressing Table Mirror Oak Wood Swing Early 20th Century
Located in Mombuey, Zamora
Wood Wanity table mirror or dressing mirror, early 20th century
Vaniity or dressing table mirror
Beautiful folding mirror, to put on top of a table or console. It is a beveled mirr...
Category
Early 20th Century French Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Pair of Painted Queen Anne Style Mirrors
Located in Westwood, NJ
A stunning blend of classic elegance and contemporary design. Each mirror features a carved beaded wooden frame with a lightly distressed architectural white painted finish that embo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Antique 18th Century Dutch Queen Ann Style Wall Mirror in Dark Nutwood Frame
Located in Lisse, NL
Small size and stunning mirror from the late 1700s.
This very old wall mirror has a truly wonderful shape and patina. The rich warm color (also known as patina) is what attracts ent...
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Nutwood
18th century Queen Anne Shaving Mirror
Located in Savannah, GA
This very early Queen Anne style English shaving mirror features lovely burled walnut with oak lined drawers and a fancifully curved four-drawer front. The brass lock escutcheon, dec...
Category
1740s British Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Brass
English Queen Anne Gilt Wood and Gesso Wall Mirror with Original Glass, C. 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
English Queen Anne gilt carved wood and gesso shaped crest foliage wall mirror with the original beveled mirror and wood backing. Mid 18th Century
Category
1750s English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Wood, Glass, Gesso
Fine Late 18th Century Silver Gilt Pier Glass Mirror
Located in London, GB
England, circa 1780
A fine late eighteenth century silver gilt pier mirror with mercury glass split splate with bevelled edges, the frame carved with foliate designs and punched d...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
Queen Anne Walnut Mirror Circa 1715
Located in Hastings, GB
A Fine Queen Anne narrow framed walnut mirror with carved cresting and original mirror plate. In superb original condition with the original oak back.
Small areas of foxing to th...
Category
1710s English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Walnut Queen Anne Revival Dressing Mirror Circa 1900
Located in Dereham, GB
Walnut Queen Anne Revival Dressing Mirror Circa 1900
Shaped Swing Mirror with Walnut Cross grained Moulded frame,
Pair Square Supports with Turned acorn finials,
Base with 3 small ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Queen Anne Style Mirror
Located in Westwood, NJ
A stunning blend of classic elegance and contemporary design. Each mirror features a carved beaded wooden frame with a warm straw wash finish that embodies the timeless Queen Anne st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Italian, Genovese, Walnut Wall Mirror in the Queen Anne Style, 18th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Having an unusual shape and retaining its original three mirror plates, mid-18th century and possibly earlier.
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Fine English Queen Anne/George I Carved & Parcel-Gilt Burled Walnut Wall Mirror
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of an English Queen Anne/George I burled walnut looking glass with original mirror plate and parcel gilt crest with scrollwork on a punched ground and a Prince of Wale...
Category
18th Century English Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Mahogany, Walnut
Queen Anne Gilt Pier Mirror, circa 1700-1710. With gilt frame
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A Queen Anne carved giltwood pier mirror, circa 1700-1710.
Category
Early 1700s European Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Queen Anne Dressing Glass with Pivoting Looking Glass, English, 18th Century
Located in Manhasset, NY
Queen Anne dressing glass with pivoting looking glass, English, 18th century
Two short drawers flanking a serpentine center section.
Provenance: Ken...
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Early 19th Century American Antique Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Queen Ann Style Frame
Located in New York, NY
Queen Ann Style Frame in Thin Poplar Wood
Size H. 49 .5" x W. 24"
Category
1980s American Vintage Queen Anne Mirrors
Materials
Poplar
Queen Anne mirrors for sale on 1stDibs.
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