Photograph of Girandole Mirror (July 2016)
Title
Photograph of Girandole Mirror (July 2016)
Description
This Girandole Mirror is a device that allowed a few candles to cast a lot of light by bouncing them off a convex mirror. It became popular in America in the federalist period, but was actually invented much earlier in England.
Creator
Banks III, Jesse
Source
Digital copy created by the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage
Date
2016-07
Contributor
Lena Bohman
Rights
Rights Status Not Evaluated
Citation
Banks III, Jesse, “Photograph of Girandole Mirror (July 2016),” Digital Tours of The Nightingale-Brown House , accessed November 3, 2025, https://cds.library.brown.edu/NBHouse/items/show/89.