Makeup Magnifying Mirror
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Chrome
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Metal, Chrome
2010s Victorian Trumeau Mirrors
Brass
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Mirrors
Nickel
Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Nickel
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Brass
Antique 1660s German Space Age Table Mirrors
Glass, Plastic
Late 20th Century American Streamlined Moderne Wall Mirrors
Chrome
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Mid-20th Century French More Mirrors
Silver
20th Century French Modern Crystal Serveware
Crystal
Vintage 1970s North American Post-Modern Chairs
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Porcelain, Glass, Opaline Glass
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Table Mirrors
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Table Lamps
Steel
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Glass, Lucite
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Vanities
Nickel, Stainless Steel
Vintage 1970s American Table Mirrors
Brass, Nickel
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Copper
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Metal, Brass, Copper
Vintage 1950s French Table Mirrors
Mirror, Bakelite
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Steel
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces
Porcelain, Glass, Opaline Glass
Vintage 1940s American Industrial Table Lamps
Bronze, Steel
Vintage 1970s American Modern Table Mirrors
Chrome
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Chrome
Vintage 1970s American Table Mirrors
Brass
Late 20th Century American Streamlined Moderne Wall Mirrors
Chrome
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Table Mirrors
Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Nickel
Antique 19th Century Convex Mirrors
Brass
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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