All of the furniture that I have presented and will present in this series by Elijah Galusha are original to 59 Second Street in Troy, NY; the current home of Rensselaer Historical Society.
The images below present a Rococo mirror and it’s matching drapery cornices supplied by Galusha in 1851. He not only made furniture “in all the different kinds of wood” but also manufactured “mirror cornices, picture frames, and every description of gilt work!”, according to an 1865 receipt.
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The pier mirror between the windows is believed to have been supplied by Galusha in 1847
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I am fairly certain that the Rococo wall mirror, cornices and probably the pier mirror too are composition and / or plaster (not carved wood – as evidenced by the age cracks) as most of the gilt items like these of the period are.
Here is a good page of info on composition (aka compo) if you are not familiar with it: http://www.nps.gov/history/HPS/tps/briefs/brief34.htm , here is another replicating a compo frame: http://tinyurl.com/yhbthxh woodwright