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Rectangular, pairs of twist colonnettes flank the lower mirror; pairs of small twists fill the hollow colonettes flanking the upper mirror; on the architrave rosettes flank a drapery swag, on the frieze stylized anthemion alternate with leafy wreaths.
looking glasses
mirrors
gesso
gilding
wood (plant material)
anthemion
rosette (motif)
swags
wreaths (costume accessories)
Gesso
Gilded
Anthemion
Rosette
Swag
Wreath
MIRROR
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
55 x 26 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.591
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