Hand Painted Mirror

Art

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Wildwood Historic Center

Name/Title

Hand Painted Mirror

Entry/Object ID

1986.090.139

Description

Diamond shaped beveled mirror set in wood frame. Painting of flowers, bird, spider and stream on frame and mirror. Also known as a ‘vanity mirror’.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Subject

Nature

Collection

Wildwood Historic Center [primary collection]

Acquisition

Accession

1986.090

Source or Donor

090 Lucy Eastman

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Harriet Hershey

Date made

1884

Time Period

19th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Mirror, Wall

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Frame, Mirror

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mirror

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Frame

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Furniture

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Storage & Display Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Household Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Frame

Height

20-1/2 in

Width

20-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Mirror

Height

11-1/2 in

Width

11-1/2 in

Location

Wall

South Wall

Room

Dining Room

Floor

First Floor

Building

Wildwood House

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Provenance

Notes

16th-19th Century. In art a woman admiring herself in a mirror was a common symbol of Vanitas meaning emptiness or worthlessness, representing the fleeting nature of beauty and the sin of pride.