1790-1810
GUSN-2343
Scrolled and serrated-edge crest with bold ears over rectangular bevelled-edge mirror plate held by gilded liner and ogee molded slip. Shaped and scrolled pendant below.
looking glasses
mirrors
gilding
glass (material)
mahogany (wood)
veneering
wood (plant material)
Chippendale
Mahogany
Glass
Wood
Gilded
Chippendale
Veneered
Mirror, Wall
Remains of a printed label: [ ]TON [place name?]
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
29 3/4 x 21 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.351
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