Mirror
Category
Glass
Date
1750 - 1759
Materials
Glass
Measurements
800 x 995 mm
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 782071
Caption
This carved Rococo interior decoration was acceptable for the Southwell family who lived in the house during the mid-eighteenth century, but would have been too elaborate for traditional Quaker tastes. The Peckover’s however were high status Quakers, running a bank from a purpose-built banking chamber at the side of the property. The house and its elaborate interior gave off the necessary outward signs of status and stability needed to attract custom.
Summary
Mirror. Rectangular mirror with gilt frame within an outer white-painted frame.
Provenance
Peckover House with its fixtures and fittings was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1948 by Alexandrina Peckover (1860-1948)