CultureAmerican
Titles
- Dressing Glass
Datec. 1760–1790
Made inBoston, Massachusetts, United States
MediumMahogany; eastern white pine, mirrored glass
Dimensions27 1/8 × 19 × 8 13/16 in. (68.9 × 48.3 × 22.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Mrs. James Anderson, Jr.
Object numberB.2001.6
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Chippendale Bedroom
Exposé
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Department
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Provenance[Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
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Thomas Spencer
c. 1780–1785
Mahogany; mahogany, eastern white pine, chestnut, soft maple, and yellow poplar
B.92.6
Thomas Natt
c. 1825–1835
Mahogany; eastern white pine, holly, yellow-poplar, brass, and mirror glass
B.94.8
Edmund Townsend
c. 1765–1785
Mahogany; eastern white pine; chestnut; yellow poplar, and cedar
B.99.24
Charles del Vecchio
c. 1830–1837
Mahogany and cherry; eastern white pine, soft maple, brass, and mirror glass
B.90.16
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
Thomas Natt
c. 1835
Eastern white pine; composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.68.26
c. 1785–1815
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; white pine, composition, gold leaf, iron, and mirrored glass
B.2008.14
c. 1745–1770
Mahogany; mahogany veneer, coniferous wood pine, spruce or fir, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.59.34