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This is an Aesthetic Movement overmantle, from Ireland, circa 1890. An overmantle is the mirror that one places over the mantle of a fireplace.

It is notable for its classic Aesthetic features including:

• Ebonized wood with gilded highlights in the carvings.
• Use of stylized peacock feathers (they look like a hieroglyphics of ferns), and stylized flowers.
• A colored painting of a nature scene at the top, in this case several colored birds within a bough of flowers.

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