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Late Empire period. Rectangular molded frame with a curved top and rounded bottom corners. Frame covered with gesso and painted black on the outer frame and gilded on the inner frame. Sawn pine paneled back boards.
looking glasses
mirrors
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
wood (plant material)
Empire (style)
Glass
Gesso
Gilded
Empire
MIRROR, CHEVAL
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
41.625 x 25.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1662
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