Lot 255, walnut mirror with a gold scroll crest
Lot 255, walnut mirror with a gold scroll crest
Tall walnut-finish mirror with a gold scroll crest, from the Red Nº 5 club in Chicago, Whaleworx Lot 255, detail
Tall walnut-finish mirror with a gold scroll crest, from the Red Nº 5 club in Chicago, Whaleworx Lot 255, detail
Tall walnut-finish mirror with a gold scroll crest, from the Red Nº 5 club in Chicago, Whaleworx Lot 255, detail

Lot 255 — Walnut Mirror with a Gold Scroll Crest, from the Red Nº 5 Club

A tall, heavy wall mirror in a distressed walnut-tone frame, topped with a bonnet-shaped crest carrying a big gold scroll design. The second of two mirrors off the walls of the Red Nº 5 club in Chicago.

Artist
Unknown maker; from the Red Nº 5 club, Chicago (per the Captain)
Dimensions
Not yet measured
Materials
Wood frame, distressed walnut-tone finish with gold scroll crest, mirror glass
From the Captain's Log

From the infamous and famous Red Nº 5 club in Chicago. It was a hot club, and these beauties are huge, super heavy, ready to fill a room.

— The Captain, Whaleworx

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Description

The tall, dark and handsome one of the pair. A long rectangular mirror sits in a walnut-tone frame with a speckled, distressed finish, and up top a curved bonnet crest frames a raised gold scroll: curls, a fleur-like point and a sweeping base, laid on like it was painted with a sword.

The Captain says this one came from the Red Nº 5 too, the famous and infamous Chicago club. Huge, heavy and ready to fill a room, or stand guard at the end of a long hall.

Wear is mostly in the finish: rubs along the edges and the gold, plus the fly-speck spatter that’s part of the distressed look. Maker and age unknown.

Dock pickup only. Too big and heavy to ship.

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