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1960s Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
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Early 20th Century French Mirrors
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19th Century Egyptian Revival Antique Mirrors
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1920s Italian Vintage Mirrors
Giltwood
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1880s English Georgian Antique Mirrors
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1950s French French Provincial Vintage Mirrors
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1920s American Federal Vintage Mirrors
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1990s American Mirrors
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Brass
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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1940s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Mirrors
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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20th Century French Empire Mirrors
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Mirrors
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1980s French French Provincial Vintage Mirrors
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Mid-20th Century American Federal Mirrors
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
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Mid-20th Century English Rococo Revival Mirrors
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Teak
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mirrors
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Mirrors
Brass
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Brass
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1970s Vintage Mirrors
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1950s French French Provincial Vintage Mirrors
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Mid-20th Century French Mirrors
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Late 20th Century Belgian Romantic Mirrors
Mirror, Resin, Wood
1940s American Louis XV Vintage Mirrors
Walnut
1940s French Empire Vintage Mirrors
Gesso, Mirror
2010s Belgian Post-Modern Mirrors
Plaster
Early 1900s Belgian Baroque Antique Mirrors
Plaster, Wood
1870s English Adam Style Antique Mirrors
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2010s Colombian Mirrors
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1960s French French Provincial Vintage Mirrors
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Antique and Vintage Mirrors for Sale: Find Unique LaBarge Mirrors, Ettore Sottsass Mirrors and Other Mirrors on 1stDibs
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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