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Bilbao mirrors

Scope note

Mirrors having frames partly or fully of marble and often ornamented with filigree or openwork cresting; popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and thought to have originated in Bilbao, Spain.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000120850

Broader Terms used

<mirrors by form: frame>

Equivalent Terms used

bilbao mirror

Created

13yrs ago

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