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Author Topic: Those who give... Whitefriars mirror catalogue 1860s  (Read 1484 times)

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Offline Patrick

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Those who give... Whitefriars mirror catalogue 1860s
« on: February 16, 2010, 01:25:16 PM »
Hi,
A good example of someone willing to GIVE can be seen here.... http://whitefriars.com/catalogues/1865/index.php

Regards, Patrick.

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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2010, 01:43:38 AM »
Hi,
A good example of someone willing to GIVE can be seen here.... http://whitefriars.com/catalogues/1865/index.php

Regards, Patrick.

 :hj: Absolutely gorgeous Patrick. Now were the edges stained glass, or etched or....?

Carolyn

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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2010, 02:19:57 AM »
I've split this out as it's too good to lose in another discussion.

Patrick thanks for posting the link, what an interesting catalogue - do you know of any surviving examples of these mirrors?
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2010, 07:50:14 AM »
Yummy. I assume there was a colour choice. I'll have one of the more arts and crafty ones in green please.

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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2010, 11:21:21 AM »
Hi,
 To help ALL of us who are now looking for these wonderful mirrors it is useful to know the approx height............
The drawings are scaled down to 1/4 size.
The drawings are approx. 6 1/2 inches high.
This makes the actual mirror to be approx 26 inches high ....................

Now all that is needed is to FIND one !

Regards, Patrick :) :) :)

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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2010, 12:02:57 PM »
The 1860 catalogue donated by the same person is very interesting as well!!
 ;D

http://whitefriars.com/catalogues/1860/index.php

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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2010, 01:31:54 PM »

 Absolutely gorgeous Patrick. Now were the edges stained glass, or etched or....?

Carolyn

Hi ,
I would have thought they were 'Opus sectile' ..................

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« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2010, 01:45:16 PM »
Thanks Patrick - I had to look that up to find out what it meant!  :-[ 
For those who, like me, were lost, here is an explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_sectile  :thup:
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