Looking Glass

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Looking Glass
Datec. 1720–1750
Made inEngland
MediumUnidentified wood; mirrored glass
Dimensions42 × 15 1/16 in. (106.7 × 38.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection,
Object numberB.76.235
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Queen Anne Sitting Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis looking glass is probably English; Miss Hogg purchased it in 1925 from Israel Sack.  A recent conservation treatment has made it possible to display the looking glass as a complement to the dressing table below it (B.2023.11).
Provenance[Israel Sack, Boston]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, October 8, 1925; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1976.

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c. 1740–1770
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c. 1740–1760
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