Walnut, veneer and parcel gilt Queen Anne-style wall mirror. A rectangular frame with gilt gesso inner border, with a shaped crest at the top and bottom. The high, rounded solid topcrest is outlined with a gilt gesso applied ornament of scrolling vines.
wall mirrors
mirrors
gesso
gilding
mirrors
staining
veneering
walnut (wood)
glass (material)
Queen Anne
walnut (wood)
Walnut
Glass
Gesso
Stained
Veneered
Queen Anne
Gilded
MIRROR, WALL
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Germany; Europe
27.5 x 14 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1511
Possibly Germany
Possibly Europe
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