Description: per goodreads, "“Everything I needed to know about Fox and Grapes mirror, I knew the moment I first I saw it” What antiques restorer Maryalice Huggins knew when she stumbled across the mirror at a country auction in Rhode Island was She was besotted. Rococo and huge (more than eight feet tall), the mirror was one of the most unusual objects she had ever seen. Huggins had to have it. The frame’s elaborate carvings were almost identical to a famous eighteenth-century design. Could this be eighteenth-century American? That would make it rare indeed. But in the rarefied world of American antiques, an object is not significant unless you can prove where it’s from. Huggins set out to trace the origins of her magnificent mirror. Fueled with the delightfully obsessive spirit of Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief , Aesop’s Mirror follows Huggins on her quest as she goes up against the leading lights of the very male world of high-end antiques and dives into the historical archives. And oh, what she finds there! The mirror was likely passed down through generations of the illustrious Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island. Throughout history, mirrors have been seen as having mystical powers, enabling those who peer into them to connect the past and the future. In Aesop’s Mirror , Maryalice Huggins does just that, creating a marvelous, one-of-kind book about a marvelous, one of-a-kind American treasure." very good condition, see photos for details
Price: 150.51 USD
Location: North Attleboro, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-12-04T01:41:44.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.63 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Signed By: Maryalice Huggins
Signed: Yes
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Dust Jacket
Book Title: Aesop's Mirror : a Love Story
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Art, Physics / Optics & Light, Historical
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Science, Biography & Autobiography, Antiques & Collectibles
Item Weight: 0.4 Oz
Author: Maryalice Huggins
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
