Looking Glass, 1840–60, American, Shaker, Cedar, maple, 24 5/16 x 13 1/2 in. (61.8 x 34.3 cm), Furniture, The earliest Shaker mirrors were made after 1821, when the religious laws allowing their use were written. This example with a convex-molded frame, and T-shape wall bracket. The brass knobs on the base would have been used to suspend brushes and combs
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Looking Glass, 1840–60, American, Shaker, Cedar, maple, 24 5/16 x 13 1/2, 61.8 34.3 cm, Furniture, earliest, mirrors, 1821, religious laws, allowing, written, example, convex-molded frame, T-shape wall, bracket, brass knobs, base, suspend brushes, combs
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