Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . MIRROR FRAME. WALNUT WOOD. No. 7695—1861. THE mirror itself is metal: and the frame belongs to the best period ofItalian wood carving, when the treatment of classical details in archi-tecture and wood-work was still new, and was managed with an amount ofcare that was lost when the study of Roman classicalism led to the adoptionof vast proportions in structure, and consequent coarseness in the decorationrequired. The work cannot be put later than the very beginning of thesixteenth c
Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . MIRROR FRAME. WALNUT WOOD. No. 7695—1861. THE mirror itself is metal: and the frame belongs to the best period ofItalian wood carving, when the treatment of classical details in archi-tecture and wood-work was still new, and was managed with an amount ofcare that was lost when the study of Roman classicalism led to the adoptionof vast proportions in structure, and consequent coarseness in the decorationrequired. The work cannot be put later than the very beginning of thesixteenth century; that is, before the year 1520. Mirrors of so large a sizeas this were always of metal in the middle ages: although glass undoubt-edly was used as far back as the fourteenth century for the small roundhand mirrors. The present example was purchased with the Soulagescollection. The mirror stands upon a square base with canted angles, shaped likethe stem of a chalice or drinking cup. The four large sides rise to withinthree inches of the frame, gradually diminishing so as to contain fourslightly
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