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Wall Mirror

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1720-1750

GUSN

GUSN-11084

Description

Black painted pine Queen Anne small wall mirror, with molded square frame below a three part shaped high crest continuous with the back panel, with a rounded top of crest with a bent-nail self hook, and is somewhat crude.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wall mirrors
mirrors
carving (processes)
gluing
mirrors
nailing
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
glass (material)
crests (motifs)
pine (wood)
Queen Anne
Glass
Nailed
Carved
Glued
Painted
Queen Anne
Pine
Yoked Crest
MIRROR, WALL

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

+1991.1475

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

12 x 7 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1475

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