Mirror
1800-1820 (made)
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Convex wall mirror, carved pinewood frame with gesso decoration modelled and gilt. Circular frame decorated with a concave border with spaced balls of gilt gesso in full relief, a narrower inner border of lotus pattern in low relief and a concentrically fluted lining black ebonised wood. The cresting is in the form of a waisted and diapered plinth sustaining the figure of an eagle displayed, with a pair of gilt gesso balls dependant from the beak my a metal chain. At the vertex is a shell motif flanked by scrolls; and dependant from the centre, an inverted pineapple device.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Carved pinewood, modelled and gilded gesso, ebonised wood |
| Brief description | Mirror, gilt circular convex wall mirror surmounted by figure of an eagle, English, 1800-20 |
| Physical description | Convex wall mirror, carved pinewood frame with gesso decoration modelled and gilt. Circular frame decorated with a concave border with spaced balls of gilt gesso in full relief, a narrower inner border of lotus pattern in low relief and a concentrically fluted lining black ebonised wood. The cresting is in the form of a waisted and diapered plinth sustaining the figure of an eagle displayed, with a pair of gilt gesso balls dependant from the beak my a metal chain. At the vertex is a shell motif flanked by scrolls; and dependant from the centre, an inverted pineapple device. |
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| Credit line | Given by Eric M. Browett |
| Object history | Given by Eric Browett in memory of his wife. Mr Browett gave more than twenty pieces of English furniture, mostly of the second half of the eighteenth century (W.46 to W.74-1937). Most of the pieces were shown together in Gallery 44 on first acquisition (neg. no. 77456). For a discussion of the whole Browett collection see: Ralph Edwards, 'The Browett Gift of English Furniture at the Victoria and Albert Museum', Country Life, 9 October 1937, p. 380-381. Previously on loan to Macclesfield Silk Museum (1987 - 2014) |
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| Other number | 1937/222 - RF number |
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| Accession number | W.60-1937 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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