pier glass
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A pier glass or trumeau mirror is a mirror which is placed on a pier, i.e. a wall between two windows supporting an upper structure.{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pier%20glass|title=Definition of Pier Glass by Merriam-Webster|work=Merriam-Webster|accessdate=17 March 2017}}
It is therefore generally of a long and tall shape to fit the space. It may be as a hanging mirror or as mirrored glass affixed flush to the pier, in which case it is sometimes of the same shape and design as the windows themselves. This was a common decorating feature in the reception rooms of Neoclassical 18th-century houses.
A pier table or console table typically stood below the pier glass;{{cite book|author=Ralph Edwards|title=The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture: From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period|year=1974|publisher=Country Life Books|isbn=0600430820|page=364}} very often these were made as a matching set.
Trumeau mirrors
File:Amalienburg Spiegelsaal-2.jpg pier glass in the Amalienburg Pavilion, Schloss Nymphenburg.]]
A trumeau mirror is a type of wall mirror originally manufactured in France in the later 18th century. It takes its name from the French word trumeau, which designates the space between windows. Such a mirror, usually rectangular, could also hang above an overmantel. A decorative carved or painted scene was the prominent characteristic, and could dominate the actual mirror.{{cite book|author=Mark Hinchman|title=The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Interior Design|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X3FjAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA193|date=2 January 2014|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-60901-534-3|page=193}}
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