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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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Mirror
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Country Mirrors
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1960s Italian Vintage Mirrors
Mirror
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Mirror
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
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Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Mirrors
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2010s British Mirrors
Mirror
19th Century Dutch Antique Mirrors
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1960s Italian Rococo Vintage Mirrors
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mirrors
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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1960s Italian Rococo Vintage Mirrors
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1930s Italian Baroque Vintage Mirrors
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Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Mirrors
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Mid-20th Century American Federal Mirrors
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Composition
Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Antique Mirrors
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1970s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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2010s Mirrors
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2010s Mirrors
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1920s Italian Vintage Mirrors
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1960s Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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1960s Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
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Late 20th Century Unknown Chinese Chippendale Mirrors
Composition
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Brass
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Murano Glass
Mid-20th Century Swedish Brutalist Mirrors
Pine
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mirrors
Glass, Plastic
21st Century and Contemporary Moldovan Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Ash
19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Mirrors
Giltwood, Mirror
Late 20th Century Neoclassical Mirrors
Mirror
1970s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Mirrors
Composition
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Mirrors
Iron
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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