Rectangular Chippendale walnut and parcel-gilt wall mirror; molded veneer frame surrounding gilt rim; veneered fretwork crest- in center is a large, open medallion containing a gilt eagle; fret-carved apron with pine back.
wall mirrors
mirrors
glass (material)
gluing
nailing
sawing
veneering
walnut (wood)
Chippendale
walnut (wood)
Walnut
Glass
Nailed
Veneered
Mill Sawn
Glued
Chippendale
Mirror, Wall
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
33 x 17.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1457
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