Two-part looking glass has gilt frame with fluted Tuscan columnar jambs with scrolled capital supporting molded pediment; pediment juts foreward, has beaded motif; simple molded base with square corners; top section is eglomise panel with central gilded basket of flowers; diamond-like silver diapers at sides; bottom section encloses mirrored glass.
looking glasses
mirrors
verre églomisé
gesso
gilding
mirrors
wood (plant material)
glass (material)
Federal
Tuscan order
columns (architectural elements)
Glass
Gesso
Eglomise
Gilded
Tuscan Column
Federal
MIRROR
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
37.5 x 18.875 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.659
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