2-721-229 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Walnut mirror frame, early-mid 19th century, (1881). Etching of a carved walnut wood frame of tabernacle form, made in Italy c1800-c1850. The central section incorporates a sliding panel with a woman's head in profile. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]