Morse, Frances Clary · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 377
354 Furniture of the Olden Time Another large looking-glass of a similar design,but of a few years later date, is shown in Illustra-tion 290. It is owned by Dwight Blaney, Esq., andwas probably made to fit some space, as it is of un-usual shape and very large. The three panels atthe top are painted… … Illus. 289. —Mantel Glass, 1783. having one of the mortuary subjects which were sopopular with our ancestors, of a monument with awillow carefully trained to weep over the urn, and adespondent female disconsolately gazing upon theground. The glass may have been ordered by thegrief-stricken lady who…
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