Mirror frames that were old in 1836, one coming with its own furniture. Not your average Ikea kind of thing. Plates from Samuel Rush Meyrick’s “Specimens of Ancient Furniture.” Published in London by William Pickering. The illustrations drawn by Henry Shaw from existing authorities.

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“Looking glass, of the time of Queen Elizabeth, in the possession of Sir Samuel Meyrick, Goodrich Court, Hertfordshire.” Page 26. Drawn and engraved by Henry Shaw. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/specimensofancie00meyr/page/26/mode/1up
“French looking glass, from Willimen’s ‘Monuments français inédits.” Page 39. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/specimensofancie00meyr/page/n39/mode/1up
“Silver furniture, at Knole Park, a seat of the Countess of Plymouth, date the time of James II.” page 41. Drawn and engraved by Henry Shaw. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/specimensofancie00meyr/page/n41/mode/1up
Couch from Penshurst Place, Kent. The seat of Sir Philip Sydney. Date the time of William III. Page 44. Plate from Samuel Rush Meyrick’s Specimens of Ancient Furniture. Drawn and engraved by Henry Shaw. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/specimensofancie00meyr/page/n44/mode/1up
From Cromwell Hall, Finchley. One of Cromwell’s palaces, of the time of William III. Now in the possession of William Amory Esquire, Devonshire Place. Page 70. Plate from Samuel Rush Meyrick’s Specimens of Ancient Furniture. Drawn and engraved by Henry Shaw. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/specimensofancie00meyr/page/n70/mode/1up
Brass Reading Desk, in the possession of Mr. Hull, Wardour Street. Date the later part of the 15th century. Page 124. Plate from Samuel Rush Meyrick’s Specimens of Ancient Furniture. Drawn and engraved by Henry Shaw. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/specimensofancie00meyr/page/n124/mode/1up
A Saltcellar, apparently of the time of Henry VIII, of Ivory. A steel nutcracker, of the time of Charles I. Two of wood, made in imitation of the human mouth, time of Charles II. Page 166. Plate from Samuel Rush Meyrick’s Specimens of Ancient Furniture. Drawn and engraved by Henry Shaw. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/specimensofancie00meyr/page/n166/mode/1up
Ancient Cup and Stand at Oriel College, Oxford. Given by Bishop Carpenter A.D. 1470. The cup is formed of a cocoa nut and the stand of part of a gourd mounted in silver gilt. Page 170. Plate from Samuel Rush Meyrick’s Specimens of Ancient Furniture. Drawn and engraved by Henry Shaw. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/specimensofancie00meyr/page/n170/mode/1up

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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