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Wall Mirror

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1725-1750

GUSN

GUSN-2838

Description

Queen Anne, paint-decorated wall mirror, with rectangular cushion-frame below shaped crest, black chinoiserie decoration on red ground; crest attached with wooden cleats and wrought-iron nails.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wall mirrors
mirrors
mirrors
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
glass (material)
Wood
Glass
Painted
Queen Anne
Chinoiserie
Mirror, Wall

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

USA

Dimensions

16 1/4 x 9 3/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1295

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