Mirror, Wall
- Object Name:
- Mirror, Wall
- Object ID:
- 1997.016.18
- Creator:
- Tucker, Elisha (1785-1827)
Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1815
- Description:
- Mirror. Attributed to Elisha Tucker (1785-1827), Boston, MA. Owned by Jane (Eaton) French (1793-1826) of Danville, NH, 1815. Chippendale style. Quarter-inch mahogany front with scrolled fretwork top, bottom, and ears. Fretwork is glued to molded mirror frame. Backboard of secondary wood. Handwritten in pencil on backboard, "Jane Eaton - 1815 / Lucile A. Gove's glass - / May - 1903 - / 5x6=17 / 5x8=20". Backboard attached with ten nails. Hanging hardware consists of two brass loops.
- Material:
- Glass
Wood
Mahogany
Pine
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-18 W-11.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of personal items from the Eaton/French family of Danville, NH. Mirror was owned by Jane (Eaton) French (1793-1826) in 1815, and inherited by Lucile A. Gove (1896-1989), the donor's mother, in 1903.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Halcyon Hobbs Springer, in Memory of her grandmother, Minnie Douglas Smith
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