Mirror with Frame of Birds, Snakes, and Foliage Mirror

 

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Mirror with Frame of Birds, Snakes, and Foliage Mirror

This is a mirror. It is dated mid to late 19th century and we acquired it in 1914. Its medium is silver, glass, velvet. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Clarence Webster. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Clarence Webster.

  • Drawing, An Interior
  • brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white wove paper.
  • Thaw Collection.
  • 2007-27-79
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  • Print, The Fall of Man
  • engraving support: white laid paper.
  • Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
  • 1938-88-8615
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  • Textile (USA)
  • cotton.
  • Gift of the Fall River Historical Society.
  • 1939-56-2

Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.

  • Bonbonnière (England)
  • raised and chased gold, carved gray agate, enameling on gold.
  • Gift of the Panwy Foundation, from the collection of Maria Wyman.
  • 1994-129-3
  • Sidewall (possibly USA)
  • block printed on handmade paper.
  • Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology.
  • 1998-75-166
  • The Mind in the Hand Brooch
  • silver embroidered with iron thread.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-57

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 31 × 21.3 × 3.8 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Unmarked

Cite this object as

Mirror with Frame of Birds, Snakes, and Foliage Mirror; England; silver, glass, velvet; H x W x D: 31 × 21.3 × 3.8 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/8 × 1 1/2 in.); Gift of Mrs. Clarence Webster; 1914-45-1

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