Stand, Mirror

Mirror and stand, Watervliet, NY

Object ID:
1954.6742.1a,b
Community:
New York, Watervliet
Makers
Shaker
Description

Mirror (a) and mirror stand (b). Mirror has a mahogany veneer and a sloping face. Back has a chamfered face and two eye-hooks attached approximately one-third from the top. Looped through eye hooks is a cloth covered copper wire. Mirror hangs from a brass hook on a shelf's board. Below hook there is a cloth covered copper wire looped through through-holes in the board. Pine board enclosed in a thin cherry frame with a shelf near the bottom. Shelf has a rounded edge, cut corners, and sits on a cove pedestal. Below the pedestal are five evenly spaced holes; two of the five holes have porcelain knobs. Shelf and frame are stained dark brown.

New York Watervliet

New York Watervliet

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