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Beautiful Louis XVI Period Mirror
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
decorated square corners. Beautiful wood back side. Original mercury mirror.
The mirror is in its
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Antique French Oak Framed Mirror
Located in Paddock Wood, Kent
original mercury distressed mirror frame has been waxed and mirror cleaned, frame in good solid condition
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Antique 1880s French Other Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Oak
19th Century Huge Mirror with Beautifully Carved Giltwood Frame
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Huge Italian mirror in a beautifully carved wood frame, original mercury mirror and gilt.
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Victorian Ebonised Mercury Plated Rectangular Wall Mirror c.1875-85
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
frame having the original heavy mercury mirror glass plate and surviving from the high Victorian period
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Antique 1870s English Late Victorian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Beech
NAPOLEAN III CARVED GILTWOOD
RAISED GESSO WALL MIRROR
Located in San Francisco, CA
; period mercury mirror plate
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Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
French Console Table and Mirror, 1800s
Located in Cervia, IT
. Mercury mirror. Coming from a rich French family.
Mirror:
Depth: 15 cm
Width: 124 cm
Height: 168 cm
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Bronze
$22,116 / set
Center Table Gilt Bronze Napoleon III, circa 1860
Located in Grenoble, FR
mercury mirror. It rest on four feet of bronze.
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Antique 19th Century Table Mirrors
Large Center Table Gilt Bronze Napoleon III, circa 1880
Located in Grenoble, FR
mercury mirror. It rest on four feet of bronze.
Free shipping.
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Antique 19th Century French Table Mirrors
19th Century Italian Neoclassic Giltwood Looking Glass
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Elaborately carved italian neoclassic parcel gilt looking glass with original mercury mirror housed
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Antique 19th Century Italian Wall Mirrors
Large French Louis Philippe Period Gilt Mirror
Located in Toorak, VIC
mercury mirror. The Rounded rectangular frame presents with an intricate and detailed etched acanthus leaf
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Important Mirror - Trumeau - France - 18th Century
Located in CANNES, FR
musical instruments and laurel branches. The mercury mirror is in two parts. France 18th century
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XVI Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Materials
Fruitwood
English Regency Style Giltwood Landscape Pier Mirror
Located in Chudleigh, Devon
still of good age. The mirror retains its mercury mirror plates and backboard.
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Regency Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
Materials
Composition
English 19th Century William IV Carved Wood Overmantel Mirror
Located in Chudleigh, Devon
retains its wonderful original mercury mirror plate and backboards.
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Antique Early 19th Century British William IV Mantel Mirrors and Firepla...
Materials
Wood
18th Century Late Régence / Early Louis XV Giltwood Mirror
Located in Toorak, VIC
and presence. The mirror retains its original mercury mirror plate set within a lovely scalloped
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Antique 1730s French Régence Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gesso, Mercury Glass, Giltwood
19th Century English Satinwood Inlaid Triple Plate Pier Mirror
Located in Chudleigh, Devon
A very high quality attractive early triple plate mirror of superb color. Made with exotic timbers
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Antique Early 19th Century English Sheraton Pier Mirrors and Console Mir...
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Satinwood
One-of-a-kind Antique Wall Mirror with Silver Plated Handles Italian Design
By Giampiero Romanò
Located in Milan, IT
antique shaped mercury mirror bearing spots and signs of the age, decorated with two silver plated column
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
18th Century Louis XVI Italian Walnut Mirrors Couple Mercury Glasses
Located in Sanremo, IM
with original mercury glass.
This marvelous and above all well-sculpted pair of mirrors presents the
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Antique Late 18th Century Italian Louis XVI Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Early 18th Century Castle Mirror in Gilded Wood
Located in Antibes, FR
, mid-18th Century.
Made of six pieces of mercury mirror in very good condition, pilasters with
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Antique 1740s French Louis XV Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Louis Philippe Period Gilt Mirror with Crest
Located in Toorak, VIC
lattice decoration presenting the top frame.
Comes with its original mercury mirror glass plate in very
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Italian Carved Open-Work Giltwood Mirror Depicting the Four Seasons
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
down on each side of the frame.
Mercury mirror.
Italy, 18th century.
Measures: H 180 cm, W 112 cm.
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Antique Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mi...
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Giltwood
19th Century Large French Carved Gilt Wall Mirror with Original Bevelled Mirror
Located in Uppingham, Rutland
original bevelled mercury mirror plate in good condition.
Great detail to the top of the mirror with the
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Beech
Mercury Glass Mirror
Located in Llandudno, Conwy
A 18th century Mercury glass mirror in a painted and gilt 19th century pine frame.
Provenance
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Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass
$3,280
18th Century Louis XV Pair of Mirrors Italian School Mercury Glass Gold
Located in Sanremo, IM
precision coincide with eighteenth-century mercury glass. The part of the mirrors is also perfectly intact
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Antique Early 18th Century European Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Antique Painted Mercury Glass Mirrors
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Antique Painted Mirrors
Wood Framed with Iron Chain Hanging Hardware
Original Mercury
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Antique Early 1900s French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood
$3,950 / set
Mercury Glass Pub Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare advertising pub mirror for Navy Cut cigarettes in original frame.
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20th Century English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Glass
$1,800
Trumeau Mirror Mercury End XIX
Located in Charnay Les Macon, FR
Trumeau mirror mercury end XIX
Dimensions: Height 126 cm, width 78 cm.
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Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Trumeau Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Venetian Mirror with Mercury Glass
Located in New Orleans, LA
Venetian 19th century giltwood mirror. Original mirror.
Mercury glass dimensions: H = 33.5" W = 26".
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Antique 19th Century Italian Rococo Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Wood
Mid-18th Century Louis XV Gilded Wood Mirror, Mercury Glass
Located in Paris, FR
Mid-18th century, Louis XV.
Gilded wood mirror with mercury glass.
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood
19th Century French Giltwood Mirror, Original Mercury Glass, Water Gilded
Located in Totnes, GB
An exquisite 19th century French mirror, water gilded with traditional mid-frame lozenges and
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Antique 19th Century French Rococo Revival Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
Lobed Giltwood Mirror with Original Mercury Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lobed giltwood mirror with original mercury glass.
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Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Carved Oak Mirror with Mercury Plate Glass
Located in Newark, GB
An overmantle mirror with carved oak frame and mercury plate ‘silvered’ glass.
-The outer section
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Antique Late 19th Century French Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Oak
Napoleon III Empire Giltwood Oval French Mercury Wall Mirror, 19th Century
Located in Valencia, Valencia
Napoleon III style giltwood oval French mercury glass wall mirror, late 19th century.
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Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
19th century Louis XV Mirror Carved Gilded Wood Antique Mirror in Mercury, 1800s
Located in Torino, Torino
Italian mirror from the 1800s in Louis XV style, finely carved, gilded with pure gold leaves
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Louis XV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood
Italian, Genovese Etched Gold Leaf Mirror with Original Mercury Glass
Located in Oregon, OR
Gorgeous Italian Genovese mid-19th century etched gold leaf mirror with original mercury glass.
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Antique 1840s Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Gold Leaf
1820-1850 Mirror St Louis XIV has Pareclose Tain Mercury
Located in Paris, FR
Mirror in the style of Louis XIV, all the parts are in the Mercury, good condition, circa 1820-1850
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Antique 1820s French Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Glass
Early 19th Century Antique Rectangular Mercury Glass Mirror Red and Gold Frame
Located in Pataskala, OH
This might have been an unassuming hallway mirror in an upscale home when it was new, back around
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Antique Mid-19th Century Empire Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Massive Mercury Glass Framed Wall Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful patterned mercury glass frame. Vert textural
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Vintage 1950s American Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Pair of Trumeau Mirrors
Located in Stamford, CT
A pair of trumeau mirrors. Nice carving. Old patina pale gray. Old mercury glass beveled mirror.
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Antique 19th Century French More Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mercury Glass, Mirror
$2,800 / set
Pair of Neoclassical Mirrors with Original Mercury Glass
Located in Sheffield, MA
Period neoclassical mirrors, Sweden circa 1820, retaining their original finish and original mirror
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Antique 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Pier Mirrors and Console Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Gesso
17th Century Antique Baroque Medici Florentine Gilt-Wood Frame Mercury Glass
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
heavily sculpted wood , with its aged gold leaf flourish. It has a mercury glass mirror in it , as it was
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Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood
Girandole Mirror
Located in Litchfield, CT
English or American, circa 1810.
Carved giltwood and gesso, convex looking glass
The mirror is
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Antique Early 19th Century Girandoles
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
$7,800
Sunburst Mirror
Located in London, GB
French 1950s
A super sunburst mirror.
With mercury glass tole and gilt metal.
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Vintage 1950s French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal
$3,163
French Mirror
Located in Fredericksburg, TX
Wonderful french mirror with two mercury glass panels.Guilding on the crown and carvings throughout
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mercury Glass
$9,450
Monumental Regency Convex Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
surrounded by acanthus leaf and shell decoration. The mirror retains its original mercury glass.
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Antique 19th Century English Convex Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Chippendale Style Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
An English Rococo Chippendale style deeply carved water gilt mirror with leaf decoration surmounted
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Antique 19th Century English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
$27,500
White carved mirror
Located in Houston, TX
White carved wood frame with original mercury glass mirror from Provence.
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Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Mercury Glass
$1,500
Large Scale French Fluted Giltwood Mirror
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large Scale Fluted Giltwood Mirror; French circa 1880
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Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Mirror
Georgian Giltwood Mirror
Located in Sheffield, MA
mirror. The deterioration to the mercury glass that has occurred over the years is consistent with age
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Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
$2,200
French Venetian Style Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
A French Venetian style highly decorated mirror with punted border edge having old beveled mercury
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Antique 19th Century French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass
Late Federal Mirror
Located in Litchfield, CT
, mirror plates.
Condition: Overall in excellent condition, appears to have replaced backboards and glass
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Federal Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
$4,800
18th Century Louis XVI Trumeau Mirror, France
Located in Carmel, CA
This Louis XVI trumeau mirror is one of two mirrors that are from the same paneled room in a
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Antique 1760s French Trumeau Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood
19th Century French Gilt Mirror
Located in New Orleans, LA
Very nice waved gold gilt 19th century French mirror with original mercury glass.
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Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Wood
A Regence Pier Mirror, France
Located in London, GB
Possibly originally a fitting, giltwood with original mercury glass plates having later gilt-brass
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass
19th c. Superb Giltwood Mirror
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Giltwood mirror with a high quality gilt and original flowers decorations,
France Louis Philippe
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Antique 1840s French Louis Philippe Wall Mirrors
Materials
Giltwood, Mercury Glass
#8063 Chipendale Mahogany
Gilt Wood Mirror.
Located in New York, NY
Chippendale Mahogany and Gilt Wood Mirror. Original mercury glass.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mahogany, Giltwood, Mercury Glass
Federal Mirror with Églomisé Panel
Located in Litchfield, CT
. Original backboards, tablet and glass.
This is a superb example of a Federal mirror having a molded
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Giltwood
19th Century French Baroque Revival Hand Mirror with Detailed Carving
Located in Antwerp, BE
A detailed hand-carved French 19th century hand mirror retaining the original mercury glass and in
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Antique 19th Century French Baroque Revival More Mirrors
Materials
Mercury Glass, Oak
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Mercury Mirrors For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of mercury mirrors is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct mercury mirrors — often made from glass, mercury glass and wood — can elevate any home. There are 841 antique and vintage mercury mirrors for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 4 modern editions to choose from as well. Mercury mirrors have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. Mercury mirrors are generally popular furniture pieces, but Louis XVI, Louis XV and Victorian styles are often sought at 1stDibs. If space is limited, there are small mercury mirrors measuring 2.75 inches across. There have been many well-made mercury mirrors over the years, but those made by Charles Nosotti, Isaac Platt and Johan Åkerblad are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Mercury Mirrors?
The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $3,566, while they’re typically $141 on the low end and $160,000 highest priced.
Finding the Right Mirrors for You
The road from early innovations in reflective glass to the alluring antique and vintage mirrors in trendy modern interiors has been a long one but we’re reminded of the journey everywhere we look.
In many respects, wall mirrors, floor mirrors and full-length mirrors are to interior design what jeans are to dressing. Exceedingly versatile. Universally flattering. Unobtrusively elegant. And while all mirrors are not created equal, even in their most elaborate incarnation, they're still the heavy lifters of interior design, visually enlarging and illuminating any space.
We’ve come a great distance from the polished stone that served as mirrors in Central America thousands of years ago or the copper mirrors of Mesopotamia before that. Today’s coveted glass Venetian mirrors, which should be cleaned with a solution of white vinegar and water, were likely produced in Italy beginning in the 1500s, while antique mirrors originating during the 19th century can add the rustic farmhouse feel to your mudroom that you didn’t know you needed.
By the early 20th century, experiments with various alloys allowed for mirrors to be made inexpensively. The geometric shapes and beveled edges that characterize mirrors crafted in the Art Deco style of the 1920s can bring pizzazz to your entryway, while an ornate LaBarge mirror made in the Hollywood Regency style makes a statement in any bedroom. Friedman Brothers is a particularly popular manufacturer known for decorative round and rectangular framed mirrors designed in the Rococo, Louis XVI and other styles, including dramatic wall mirrors framed in gold faux bamboo that bear the hallmarks of Asian design.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, mid-century modernism continues to influence the design of contemporary mirrors. Today’s simple yet chic mantel mirror frames, for example, often neutral in color, owe to the understated mirror designs introduced in the postwar era.
Sculptor and furniture maker Paul Evans had been making collage-style cabinets since at least the late 1950s when he designed his Patchwork mirror — part of a series that yielded expressive works of combined brass, copper and pewter — for Directional Furniture during the mid-1960s. Several books celebrating Evans’s work were published beginning in the early 2000s, as his unconventional furniture has been enjoying a moment not unlike the resurgence that the Ultrafragola mirror is seeing. Designed by the Memphis Group’s Ettore Sottsass in 1970, the Ultrafragola mirror, in all its sensuous acrylic splendor, has become somewhat of a star thanks to much-lauded appearances in shelter magazines and on social media.
On 1stDibs, we have a broad selection of vintage and antique mirrors and tips on how to style your contemporary mirror too.
Questions About Mercury Mirrors
- What is a mercury mirror?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A mercury mirror is a type of wall mirror that features mercury glass inside of a decorative frame. Mercury glass is the term for two panes of glass separated by silvering material. Early examples feature real mercury, while ones produced after the 1840s usually substitute silver nitrate. On 1stDibs, shop a range of mercury mirrors.
- Why was mercury used in mirrors?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mercury was used in mirrors in the form of mercury amalgam. This substance was used because of its highly reflective property when applied on a surface. Shop an array of antique mercury mirrors from top sellers around the world on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mercury mirrors were made with a thicker glass layer than modern mirrors, so one way of identifying a mercury mirror is to test the thickness. Take an object like a pen or toothpick and press it against the mirror. If the object looks like it’s touching its own reflection, then the mirror is thin and not a mercury mirror. However, if the object appears separate from its reflection, the thickness indicates that it’s probably a mercury mirror. Shop a collection of antique mercury mirrors from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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