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Sheraton style. Rectangular shaped frame with beaded inner edge. Carved rosettes at corner blocks with relief decoration of corn-like motifs bordering frame. Mirrored glass surmounted by an eglomise panel (possibly repainted) of a spread-winged eagle set in black oval reserve on a blue ground.
looking glasses
mirrors
verre églomisé
gesso
gilding
glass (material)
wood (plant material)
American
Sheraton
Glass
Gesso
Gilded
Eglomise
Sheraton
Eagle
Liberty
America
MIRROR, WALL
Inscribed, ""Liberty"".
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
34.25 x 19.75 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.466
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