Maker
Unknown American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Girandole Mirror
Datec. 1810–1815
Probable placeBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumPine, gesso, gilt paint, ebonized wood, mirrored glass, and brass
Dimensions44 × 29 × 10 3/4 in. (111.8 × 73.7 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.73
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Chillman Parlor
Exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Provenance[Israel Sack, Inc., New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, January 6, 1969; given to MFAH, 1969.
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Unknown American
c. 1730–1760
Paint, gesso, gold leaf, eastern white pine, soft maple, brass; eastern white pine
B.69.348
Unknown American
c. 1855–1865
Eastern white pine, gesso, gold leaf, bronze paint, and mirror glass
B.71.38
Thomas Fentham
c. 1800
Eastern white pine, scots pine, spruce, composition, paint, gold leaf, mercury/tin amalgam mirrored glass
B.69.180
Unknown English
c. 1790–1810
Walnut veneer; gilt, composition, iron, paint, tinned iron, mercury/tin amalgam mirrored glass
B.76.165.2
Unknown English
c. 1790–1810
Walnut veneer; gilt, composition, iron, paint, tinned iron, mercury/tin amalgam mirrored glass
B.76.165.1
Unknown
c. 1745–1770
Mahogany; mahogany veneer, coniferous wood pine, spruce or fir, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.59.34
Unknown American
c. 1730–1760
Eastern white pine; jappaned decoration, mirrored glass
B.2001.5
John Henry Belter
1855
Rosewood and rosewood veneer; black walnut, mahogany, eastern white pine, yellow-poplar, undetermined exotic wood (possibly eucalyptus), marble, and mirrored glass
B.81.9.10
Anton Mozart
1601
PeaCabinet: pear wood, ebonized walnut, oak, and conifer with steel-etched, part fire-gilt brass mounts and fittings
Paintings: oil on copper
BF.2008.1
Unknown American
c. 1815–1825
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; eastern white pine, mahogany, yellow-popolar, marble, mirror glass, brass, and gilt
B.67.29