Mirror, Wall
- Object Name:
- Mirror, Wall
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.40
- Creator:
- Lothrop, Edward
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1813-1823
- Description:
- Wall Mirror. Attributed to Edward Lothrop (1786-1836), Boston, MA; 1813-1823; Gilded frame, with reverse painting on glass upper panel. Frame is wood, covered with gesso and gold leaf, overpainted with gold-colored paint. Frame has molded cornice with 13 hanging balls. Concave side posts, with fine rope-turned strip in center. Concave molding at base. Painting depicts a basket of fruit, including peaches, plums, grapes, grapeleaves and vines. Background colors include blue, black, and white. Backboard is a single slab of wood, bevelled on the top and bottom, held with small brass tacks. Number "261" on backboard, in red crayon. Two diagonal holes on top rail for hanging hardware; holes go from the back to the top of the rail. Additional holes on the side rails. Paper label from NHHS pasted to backboard.
- Material:
- Glass
Wood
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-27.5 W-12.5 D-3.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro) between 1895 and 1913.
- Credit Line:
- The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney
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