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Mirror

1700-1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)

Pier glass or wall mirror. The wood frame is carved and gilt with border of glass gilt on the underside (Verre Eglomisé). The mirror plate is rectangular in form with arched top surrounded by a three inch border of glass painted blue on the underside with a gilt design of strapwork, foliated scrolls, acanthus and husk surrounds and surmounting the arch a cresting of gilt wood carved with strapwork and acanthus.

Object details

Category
Mirrors
Object type
Mirror
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Mirror
  • Cresting (Main)
  • Cresting (Part)
  • Cresting (Part)
Materials and techniques
carved and gilt wood
Wood
Mirror Glass
Carving
Gilding
Brief description
Pier glass or wall mirror with verre eglomise frame and carved wood cresting, English, 1700-1720
Physical description
Pier glass or wall mirror. The wood frame is carved and gilt with border of glass gilt on the underside (Verre Eglomisé). The mirror plate is rectangular in form with arched top surrounded by a three inch border of glass painted blue on the underside with a gilt design of strapwork, foliated scrolls, acanthus and husk surrounds and surmounting the arch a cresting of gilt wood carved with strapwork and acanthus.
Dimensions
  • Height: 80in
  • Width: 35in
From registers
Gallery label
(1968)
Mirror
Carved and gilt wood with a border of glass, gilt and painted on the underside (Verre Eglomisé)
English, early 18th century
Verre Eglomisé is a technique of painting on glass, which was imported from France in the late 17th century; it was widely used as a decoration for mirrors. A similar example is at Penshurst Place, Kent.
Credit line
Bequeathed to the Museum by Lady C. J. C. Wilson-Todd
Object history
Bequeathed by Lady C. J. C. Wilson-Todd (RF 49/534)
Appears to have come from Halnaby Hall, where it is illustrated in Country Life 1/4/1933
Bibliographic reference
Carlton Hobbs, catalogue no. 10 (2014) discusses and illustrates this mirror on pp. 23-4, in relation to an overmantel mirror with similar frame.
Other number
49/534 - RF number
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.22-1949

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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