Mirror, Wall
- Object Name:
- Mirror, Wall
- Object ID:
- 2010.029.03
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Wall mirror. From the Fogg-Rollins House, Exeter, NH. Vertical rectangle. Gilded split columns attached to frame with square corner blocks surmounted by gilded pressed brass medallions. Horizontal format polychrome reverse painting on glass panel of woman in neoclassical gown sitting on chair next to table with drapery in background. Mirror in lower panel. Beveled pine backboard.
- Material:
- Wood
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-36.4 W-16.8 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a group of objects selected from the Fogg-Rollins House in Exeter. Built during the late 18th century, this historic house site, home to six generations of the Fogg and Rollins families, was left in trust by Beatrice A. Rollins (1902-1995) to be established as a museum documenting the Fogg and Rollins families. Working with the NH Attorney General, the Fogg-Rollins trustees determined that there were neither sufficient assets nor public support for establishing a house museum, so sought to divide the property among interested museums and historical agencies in New Hampshire. The House contained the accumulation of six generations of family members, focusing on life in rural mid 19th-century Exeter. These objects selected by NHHS document early to mid 19th-century domestic life and trade as well as late 19th-century recreation and tourism.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Fogg-Rollins Charitable Trust
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