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1760-1790
GUSN-4355
Chippendale style. Applied carved and pierced shaped crest with a phoenix surmounting a sheaf of wheat at the top. Applied carved scrolled ears at top. Conforming applied carved and shaped skirt. Rectangular molded frame with gilded gesso on inner border around glass. Single back board.
looking glasses
mirrors
appliqué (technique)
carving (processes)
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
mahogany (wood)
piercing
Chippendale
figure- and animal-derived motifs
wheat straw
Gesso
Glass
Mahogany
Applied
Pierced
Chippendale
Wheat
Phoenix
Gilded
Carved
MIRROR, WALL
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
34.75 x 18.875 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.217
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