Antique King Of Bavaria’s Large Carved Oak Hunting Lodge Overmantel Wall Mirror
Located in King's Lynn, GB
Here we have a provincial large Carved Oak Hunting Lodge Mirror, made by Wallace and Walker in 1803 (222 Years Old), formerly from the King of Bavaria’s Hunting Lodge Berg Palace, an...
Mirror, Oak
19th Century French Hunting Lodge Mirror Heavily Carved
Located in Buxton, GB
This Antique full-length Hunting Lodge Mirror is a stunning example of 19th-century French craftsmanship.
Mirror, Walnut
19th Century Hunting Lodge Antler Framed Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning 19th century German caribou and moose antler framed mirror from a Bavarian hunting lodge, constructed from dozens of caribou and moose antlers arranged around a pine frame.
Antler, Pine
17th Century Pair of Antler Mirrors
Located in Wainscott, NY
17th century pair of antler mirrors. Found in Bavarian Hunting Lodge. Handsome pair of antler mirrors in mint condition.
Antler, Mirror
Exceptional Hunting Lodge Mirror, France, 19th Century
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Amazing and rare mirror, from a French hunting lodge, elaborately carved in high relief.
Sold
H 29.5 in W 18.5 in D 6 in
19th Century French Leather and Bronze Horse Collar Converted in Wall Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Bring rustic French character to a ranch home, mudroom, or hunting lodge with this distinctive wall mirror crafted from an antique horse collar.
Wrought Iron, Bronze
Mirror from a Bavarian Hunting Lodge
Located in Round Top, TX
A wonderful 19th century Bavarian hunting lodge mirror with an elaborate frame decorated with multiple fallow and roe deer antlers.
Antler
Large Oak Trumeau from Hunting Lodge
Located in New Orleans, LA
Large oak hunting lodge mirror in the 18th century style, with gilt decoration and moonlight winter scene in the trumeau, possibly Austrian
Wood, Glass
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.
In "Object Permanence 4," on view at the 1stdibs Gallery, Emma Holland Denvir and Leah Ring have brought together pieces that range from polished to playful.
A new generation of creative minds is reinventing the use of clay through sculptural forms and bold ideas.
Leading talents tell us what goes into their mirrored creations and where to put them on a wall.
These are the fairest of them all.