Morse, Frances Clary · New York, the MacMillan Co. · leaf 378
ofits use for. a literallooking-glass, asany person willagree who hascaught in one aglimpse of a dis-torted reflectionof face or figure.These mirrorswere fashionableduring the lastquarter of theeighteenth cen-tury, and weremade in varioussizes, from twelveinches in diameterto three feet. Theeagle… … lllus. 287. —Girandole. 1770-1780. Looking-glasses 353 The girandole in Illustration 287 is owned bythe Albany Historical Society. Illustration 288 shows a large and handsomelooking-glass made in thefashion of Hepplewhitesdesigns, the fan-shapedornament below the glassbeing c]uite characteristic…
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