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Lacquered wood mirror inlaid with mother of pearl

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An image of Woodwork/Mirror. Unknown maker, The Veneto. One of four gilt wood mirrors painted with red and black lacquer and inlaid with mother-of-pearl (M.7A-D-1949). Circa 1701-1800. Rococo.

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Woodwork/Mirror. Unknown maker, The Veneto. One of four gilt wood mirrors painted with red and black lacquer and inlaid with mother-of-pearl (M.7A-D-1949). Circa 1701-1800. Rococo.

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  • Accession Number: M.7A-1949
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 596 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 180.59kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1

Key words

18th Century Artistic Movement Date Department Fitz_AA Italian Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Roccoco Rococo Venetian School Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd abalone shell canopy carved gilded gilt gold inlaid inlay lacquer lacquerware mirror mother of pearl ornate painted wood

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rgb(76,61,48), rgb(138,101,58), rgb(179,142,86), rgb(243,243,243), rgb(142,142,141), rgb(225,194,150), rgb(194,167,136), rgb(196,192,187), rgb(220,201,189), rgb(116,132,132), rgb(116,116,132)

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