Pair of French 19th Century Baroque Style Ormolu Mirrored Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Baroque st. ormolu mirrored sconces.
Antique 19th Century French Baroque Wall Lights and Sconces
Ormolu
Pair of French 19th Century Baroque Style Ormolu Mirrored Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An elegant pair of French 19th century Baroque st. ormolu mirrored sconces.
Ormolu
Pair Of Italian Late 17th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Mirrored Candelabras
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and extremely unique pair of Italian late 17th century Baroque period polychrome and giltwood mirrored candelabras.
Mirror, Giltwood, Paint
Pair of Italian 17th Century Baroque Period Giltwood Roman Mirrored Sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and rare pair of Italian 17th century Baroque period giltwood Roman mirrored sconces.
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of Italian Baroque Style Silver-Gilt Console Tables with Mirrored Tops
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A dramatic and sculptural pair of Italian Baroque style wall-mounted console tables, richly finished in silver gilt with a beautifully aged patina.
Silver Leaf
Pair of Venetian 18th century Baroque st. Giltwood, Iron and etched Mirror scon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A wonderful and most decorative pair of Venetian 18th century Baroque st. Giltwood, Iron and etched Mirror sconces.
Mirror, Giltwood
Pair of 19th Century Italian Baroque Giltwood Church Reliquary Mirrors
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring old-world ecclesiastical elegance to a mantel, console, or altar table with this remarkable pair of antique Italian reliquary mirrors. Crafted in Italy circa 1850, each tall ha...
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
A pair of Italian late 19th century Baroque st Giltwood wood mirrored sconces
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and very attractive pair of Italian late 19th century Baroque st. Giltwood, patinated wood, and pressed metal mirrored sconces.
Metal
Pair of Antique Baroque Pinewood Libraries, Italy, Circa 1730
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 18th Century, pair of antique Italian Baroque libraries or shelved cabinets made of hand crafted Pinewood with a weathered burgundy colored speckled patina, in good condition.
Mirror, Pine
Elegant 1940s Pair of Italian Mirrored Girandoles oil gilded hand carved wood
Located in London, GB
We are presenting for sales a stunning pair of Italian 1940s hand carved, oil gilded mirror Girandole wall sconces in the Baroque style that Andrew bought in the renowned antiques ma...
Mirror, Giltwood
$12,900 / set
Pair of Garouste and Bonetti Style Cabinets
By Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti
Located in Miami, FL
From A St Tropez estate totally furnished in Garouste and Bonetti. That fantastic pair of cabinets is in perfect condition Please see video.
Wrought Iron
Signed Baker Furniture Verre Eglomisé pair of tables
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Baker Furniture eglomise mirror and bleached oak Tables. Nice distressed look . Labeled Baker.
Mirror, Wood
$4,850 / set
Pair of Louis XIV Bronze Dore Sconces
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of dore bronze, mirrored Louis XIV, 2-arm sconces.
Bronze
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.