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Looking Glass

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1815

GUSN

GUSN-50634

Description

It has a scrolled crest, corresponding base, and a molded liner holds the original mirror plate.

Details

Descriptive Terms

looking glasses
mirrors
mahogany (wood)
mirrors
Norway spruce (wood)
glass (material)
Chippendale
Mahogany
Chippendale
Glass
Pine
MIRROR, WALL

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

31 1/2 x 21 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.69

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