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Looking Glass

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1900

GUSN

GUSN-11909

Description

Rectangular, gilt and gesso molded frame decorated with oak leaves, roping and hatching.

Details

Descriptive Terms

looking glasses
mirrors
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
pine (wood)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
pine (wood)
Pine
Glass
Gilded
Gesso
Leaf
MIRROR, WALL

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17.75 x 13.875 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.116

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