Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 386
lded panel. It is owned by Francis H. Bigelow,Esq., of Cambridge. The glass in Illustration 295belongs to the writer. Looking-glasses were madein this style of mahogany also, with pillars twisted,fluted, or carved with the acanthus leaf. The glass was sometimesdivided intwo sections,separated bya… … Illus. 295.—Looking-glass, 1810-1825. gilded, and its design, of a cornucopia, was extremelypopular at this period. The upper section was fre-quently filled with a picture painted upon glass. Alooking-glass with such a picture is shown in Illus-tration 25, and another, owned by Mrs. H. H.Bigelow of…
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