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Wall mirror

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1810

GUSN

GUSN-7482

Description

Carved urn with flowers at top of frame. Vine festoons extend from urn and create swag extending down side. Leaf border with beaded border on inner edge. Blocked corners with raised rosette. Acanthus leaf and swags at bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wall mirrors
mirrors
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
carving (processes)
gesso
glass (material)
wood (plant material)
acanthus (motif)
beading (edging pattern)
beading (process)
Hepplewhite
rosette (motif)
swags
urns
vines
Glass
Gesso
Hepplewhite
Carved
Beaded
Acanthus
Vine
Rosette
Urn
Swag
MIRROR, WALL

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Europe

Dimensions

77 x 23.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.299

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