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Historic New England
Digitized Museum Collections
Looking Glass
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Item Information
Title:
Looking Glass
Description:
Rectangular bevelled glass mirror with frame, above are a carved and pierced bow knot, a band of foliage and a neo-classical medallion with a female figure; below are two carved and pierced draper swags; gilded and painted green, brown and blue.
Date:
1768–1799
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
carving (processes)
gilding (technique)
mirrors
painting (coating)
piercing
wood (plant material)
glass (material)
looking glasses
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
knots (motifs)
Neoclassical
swags
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Glass
Bowknot
Woman
Swag
Painted
Gilded
Carved
Pierced
Places:
New Hampshire
>
Rockingham (county)
>
Portsmouth
Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Extent:
33 in. x 13.5 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/5238
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Ralph May
Accession #:
1971.605
Identifier:
5238
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