Lovely Old Carved Pine Wall Mounting Parlor or Shaving Mirror good news The linen backing and needlework

The linen backing and needlework itself has held up extremely well and appears almost completely intact

these have an older Bennington mark

It measures 5 1/2" wide x 4 1/8" deep x 2 3/4" tall

which Hohner continues to produce in a very similar design

Lovely Old Carved Pine Wall Mounting Parlor or Shaving Mirror good news The linen backing and needleworkIve been kind of obsessed with antique carved wooden drapery lately, and the sculptural carving of the twisting columns framing this mirror satisfies my eye in the same sort of way. I believe this would have been a shaving mirror, with small hooks for hanging brushes and ledges at top and bottom for setting combs, etc, though Ive not see another with cross bar at the top rather than towel bar at the the bottom; it has a groove in it, so perhaps it is