Mirror
1720-1740 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
On loan to Mompesson House.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | burr walnut veneering and gilt gesso |
| Brief description | Mirror, walnut and gilt gesso, English, 1720-1740 |
| Physical description | Mirror in frame of pine veneered with burr walnut, the enrichments in gilt gesso. The scrolled pediment terminates in carved rosettes and has a scroll escutcheon in the centre. The outer mouldings are enriched with gadrooning and the glass is surrounded by a leaf moulding. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | From the paper catalogue 26/02/1998: Some gilding missing from proper left scroll pediment - needs consolidation. A broken moulding at the base needs fixing. On loan at Mompesson House. |
| Summary | On loan to Mompesson House. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | W.16-1927 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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