Skip to main content

Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

FEDERAL STYLE

Following the Revolutionary War, the American republic referenced the Roman Republic in its designs to celebrate its independence and declare itself a powerful new country. Imbued with neoclassical elements like those being promoted by architect Robert Adam in Great Britain, antique Federal-style furniture was the first distinctly American style in its melding of ancient influences, European aesthetics and national pride.

Dating roughly from 1790 to 1830, the style featured angular furniture with saber legs and smooth surfaces that contrasted with the curvy Rococo style that was previously in fashion. Eagles were common ornamental motifs on Federal-period furniture, as were cornucopia, lyres, garlands and scrolls, adding subtle flair to pieces characterized by clean lines, geometric symmetry, balanced shapes and a sense of grandeur.

Instead of sculptural carvings, authentic Federal-style furniture was adorned with inlays and patterned veneers that showcased the rich character of different grains and types of wood. As social life tended to be informal in the young country, furniture was often lightweight, so it could be easily rearranged in a drawing room or bedroom. Pieces like dining tables with drop leaves and sideboards became popular, replacing larger chests of drawers.

The Federal style varied by region: Artisans in Charleston, South Carolina, decorated chairs with carved backs, for instance, while those in Baltimore, Maryland, preferred painted details. Its major proponents included father-and-son cabinetmakers John and Thomas Seymour in Boston, Duncan Phyfe and Charles-Honoré Lannuier in New York and Samuel McIntire in Salem, Massachusetts.

Find antique Federal tables, mirrors, storage cabinets and other Federal furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

7
1
to
8
8
8
8
138
71
66
64
60
60
53
53
46
41
39
29
26
17
16
3
3
1
4
3
1
2
1
Height
to
Width
to
8
5
5
5
2
6
6
1
1
Style: Federal
19th Century American Federal Style Overmantel Mirror
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th Century American Federal style gilt wood mirror is a quintessential example of the elegance and symmetry that define the Federal design aesthetic. Its frame, adorned with s...
Category

19th Century American Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood

Antique Federal Style Mahogany & Gold Gilt Eagle Wall Mirror
Located in Charlotte, NC
An antique Federal style wall mirror, unbranded. Mirror glass in a mahogany frame with gold gilt, decoratively carved throughout, gold escutcheon ornamentation to center of top & bot...
Category

Early 20th Century American Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany, Paint

Federal Style Carved Giltwood Wall / Console / Pier Mirror, Over Mantle , 1900s
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique Federal Style Carved Giltwood Wall / console / Pier mirror, 1900s A finely carved versatile mirror that can be used on the floor or over the mantle, console or hanging on ...
Category

Mid-20th Century European Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Biggs Federal Style Parcel Gilt Mahogany Three Panel Overmantel Wall Mirror
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A horizontally oriented three-panel mahogany overmantel mirror with scrolling pediment centred with a mounted eagle finial with open wings and accented with a gold giltwood and gesso...
Category

Early 20th Century American Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mahogany, Giltwood

19th Century Boston Gilt Convex Mirror Labeled William Balch
Located in Charleston, SC
This 1830s Boston convex mirror has a wonderful scrolled frame with a foliate crest centered on the four quarters. The central feature of the frame has an oak leaf ring...
Category

1830s American Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood, Gesso

19th C. Carved And Gilt Over- The- Mantel Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Antique Gilt and Carved Mirror in the Federal style. The tripartite mirror with carved cornice over a fine thin leafy surround band on the sid...
Category

19th Century Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Wood, Mirror

Fine Quality Distressed Antique Mirror Gilded Frame Horizontal or Vertical
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary. This is a beautiful antique distressed mirror...
Category

Early 2000s American Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Walnut

Early 19th Century American Federal Gilt Overmantel Mirror
Located in New York, NY
This American Federal-period overmantel composition mirror features a gilt carved wood and gesso frame. A sculpted eagle is perched above an églomisé panel depicting flowers. Separating the panels of original mirror glass are engaged Corinthian columns, and atop each of the ends are flame-and-leaf finials. The mirror is of an unusual design, but two Federal-period New York mirrors...
Category

1810s American Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood, Mirror

Related Items
Large Antique Giltwood Over Mantle Mirror
Located in London, GB
A stunning large antique gilt wood over mantle mirror. This was made in England, it dates from around the 1950’s. It is of superb quality, the fram...
Category

1950s British Vintage Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Large Antique Giltwood Over Mantle Mirror
Large Antique Giltwood Over Mantle Mirror
H 57.88 in W 51.97 in D 2.76 in
19th Century French Louis Philippe Giltwood Mirror
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming Louis Philippe period gilt wood overmantle mirror, its burnished frame intricately etched with an intertwining design of ivy lea...
Category

19th Century French Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood, Mirror

19th Century French Louis Philippe Giltwood Mirror
19th Century French Louis Philippe Giltwood Mirror
No Reserve
H 48.04 in W 31.89 in D 1.38 in
Antique Large Gilt Overmantle Wall Mirror, 19th Century
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique large quality 19th century gilt overmantle or wall mirror. A great look. A charming mirror, that is full of age and character. Lovely frame with some losses touching up, ref...
Category

19th Century Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood

Antique 19th Century Large Gilt Overmantel Wall Mirror
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique large quality 19th century gilt overmantel or wall mirror. A great look. A charming mirror, that is full of age and character. Lovely frame with some losses touching up, ref...
Category

19th Century Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood

Antique Large Fine Quality Early 19th Century Gilt Overmantel or Wall Mirror
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique large fine quality early 19th century gilt overmantel or wall mirror. A very decorative statement piece, with a great look. A charming mirror, that is full of age and char...
Category

Early 19th Century Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood

Antique Large 19th Century Gilt Wall Mirror Overmantle
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique large quality 19th Century gilt overmantle wall mirror. Lovely simplicity charm and elegance. Could be hung in portrait or landscape. An impressive find, that would look ama...
Category

19th Century Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Glass

Victorian Style Arched Dark Gold over Mantle Mirror a Lovely over Mantle Mirror
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Victorian Style Arched Dark Gold Over Mantle Mirror A Lovely Over Mantle Mirror This is a charming piece, the 2.5” arched moulded frame is slightly curv...
Category

1960s Vintage Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood

Massive Mid 19th C. Carved and Gilt Mantle Mirror with Putti Crest
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Ca. 1860. A large scale arch shaped mirror with an elaborate crest with a pair of putti flanking the center crest of a shell and acanthus scrolls. The putti recline and rest their le...
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Gilt and Carved Dragon Form 19th Century Mirror
Located in Norwood, NJ
Wonderfully carved and gilt dragon form mirror. Northern Italian 19th century in the Renaissance style. beveled mirror held between the hands/claws and tail  
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood, Giltwood

Large Gilt Rococo Style Arched Over Mantle Mirror
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Large Gilt Rococo Style Arched Over Mantle Mirror This is a very decorative piece the mirror has a beautiful Rococo Gilt Frame with a 11” high carved central decoration which matc...
Category

Mid-20th Century Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Pine

Ebonized Convex Mirror
Located in East Hampton, NY
Ebonized bull's-eye mirror.
Category

Early 20th Century Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Wood

Ebonized Convex Mirror
Ebonized Convex Mirror
H 2.63 in Dm 24.38 in
CAROLINA MIRROR Rococo Style Gold Gilt Wall Mirror
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Rococo style wall mirror by Carolina Mirror. Mirror glass in an intricately molded gold gilt painted composite frame with leaves to top center and floral accents throughout. Made i...
Category

Late 20th Century American Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Composition

Previously Available Items
19th C. Carved And Gilt Over- The- Mantel Mirror
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine Antique Gilt and Carved Mirror in the Federal style. The tripartite mirror with carved cornice over a fine thin leafy surround band on the sid...
Category

19th Century Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Wood, Mirror

Fine Quality Distressed Antique Mirror Gilded Frame Horizontal or Vertical
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delivery needs! They offer a reasonable flat-rate fee for delivery and set up to the ground floor of your home. They deliver to the vast majority of the lower 48 states. They offer a flat rate for most of our items with exclusions for the largest or most complex items such as breakfronts or crystal chandeliers or other items of greater complexity. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase as these rates are different from our stated pricing. For those items please ask for a shipping quote prior to purchase. Most deliveries to the East Coast will be 295.00, to the mid-west and Southern mid-west 395.00. To the areas west of Kansas 495.00 and the farthest points to the West coast will be 595.00. Again, some areas we can't cover, however we can deliver to most of the lower 48 states so please inquire to be sure! Delivery times range from as fast as 1-4 weeks for the east coast to 5-9 weeks to the farthest areas of the west coast, sometimes longer and sometimes even shorter. If it is a time sensitive purchase, we may be able to accommodate you for a higher price. It is our goal to please each and every one of our customers with the highest standard of service possible. You must realize and accept that we are shipping antique, vintage and quality used furnishings to your home. We cannot control traffic, weather, and acts of God. There will be times when additional patience will be necessary. This is a beautiful antique distressed mirror...
Category

Early 2000s American Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Walnut

American Early 19th Century Federal Gold Leaf Over Mantel Mirror
Located in Wells, ME
American early 19th century Federal period gold leaf overmantel mirror. This carved wooden split column mirror is enhanced by areas of brightly burnished gold which contrasts to the ...
Category

Early 19th Century American Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Gold Leaf

Federal Style 19th Century Oval Wall Console or over the Mantle Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Federal style 19th century oval wall console or over the mantle mirror in rosewood & gilt with carved eagle perched above a frame of gilt le...
Category

Early 20th Century Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Federal Giltwood and Églomisé Overmantle Mirror
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular cornice with sperules over a central panel with leaf sprays and flanked by reverse glass panels over a three part mirror plate. From the ancestral home...
Category

1810s American Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood

Federal Style 19th Century Oval Wall Console or over the Mantle Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Federal style 19th century oval wall console or over the mantle mirror in rosewood & gilt with carved eagle perched above a frame of gilt le...
Category

Early 20th Century Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Wood

19th Century Carved Gilt Gold Pier, Console, Floor or over the Mantle Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
An enormous monumental 19th century carved gilt gold pier, console, floor, full length or over the mantle mirror. This simply stunning heavily carved floor, pier, console or over the...
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Antique Carved Giltwood Eagle Mounted Mirror
Located in West Hartford, CT
Large Federal style giltwood and rectangular mirror features a carved flying eagle on a pediment holding tassels and chains in it’s beak. Frame has a carved motif and medallions on a...
Category

Late 19th Century American Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

Vintage Federal Style Square Mirror with Broken Arch Pediment
Located in Sheffield, MA
The square mirror frame is painted with a rubbed grey color and has a broken arch pediment decorated with leaves an relief. The silvered mirror is beve...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

Antique French Federal Neoclassical Giltwood Triptych Overmantel Mirror
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique French neoclassical giltwood triptych mirror features crest with ball drop finials and decorated with garland and urn decoration flanked by patera over Corinthian column-form...
Category

19th Century French Antique Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Giltwood

19th Century Federal Style Large Gilt Carved Top Console Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique 19th century Federal style large gilt carved top console or over the mantel mirror. This lovely antique overmantel mirror dates from around the Regency period. It has a lovel...
Category

Early 20th Century Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Vintage Federal Style Square Mirror with Broken Arch Pediment
Located in Sheffield, MA
The square mirror frame is painted with a rubbed grey color and has a broken arch pediment decorated with leaves an relief. The silvered mirror is beve...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Mahogany

Federal mantel mirrors and fireplace mirrors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Federal mantel mirrors and fireplace mirrors for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage mantel mirrors and fireplace mirrors created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include mirrors and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, glass and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Federal mantel mirrors and fireplace mirrors made in a specific country, there are North America, United States, and Europe pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original mantel mirrors and fireplace mirrors, popular names associated with this style include and Biggs Furniture. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for mantel mirrors and fireplace mirrors differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,160 and tops out at $8,750 while the average work can sell for $2,950.

Recently Viewed

View All