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Objekt 5

Mirror

Description

The swiveling mirror is the work of the Basel master wood turner Johann
Peter Thurneysen (1825-1880) and was made around 1870. The painted grain of the wood suggests a more valuable wood than was actually used.

Object description

Basel, around 1870

Wood with painted grain

Inv. 1970.179. Gift of E. and R. Thurneysen, Basel.

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