Looking Glass

CultureEnglish or American
Titles
  • Looking Glass
Datec. 1745–1770
Probable placeEngland
Possible placeUnited States
MediumMahogany; mahogany veneer, coniferous wood pine, spruce or fir, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
Dimensions49 1/2 × 24 in. (125.7 × 61 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.59.34
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceAcquired by Miss Ima Hogg on June 4, 1959, from Teina Baumstone, NYC.

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c. 1760–1775
Mahogany veneer; spruce, composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
B.69.81
Looking Glass
c. 1740–1770
Mahogany veneer; spruce, composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
B.69.28
Looking Glass
c. 1740–1770
Mahogany veneer; spruce, composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
B.69.29
Looking Glass
c. 1745–1770
Mahogany veneer, spruce, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.58.103
Looking Glass
c. 1785–1815
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; white pine, composition, gold leaf, iron, and mirrored glass
B.2008.14
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c. 1760–1775
Mahogany; spruce, composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
B.69.79
Looking Glass
c. 1740–1780
Mahogany veneer; composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
B.69.150
Looking Glass
c. 1740–1770
Walnut veneer; spruce, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.58.140
Looking Glass
c. 1740–1760
Walnut veneer; spruce, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.61.107
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Thomas Fentham
c. 1800
Eastern white pine, scots pine, spruce, composition, paint, gold leaf, mercury/tin amalgam mirrored glass
B.69.180
Looking Glass
c. 1750–1760
Mahogany; composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.61.109
Looking Glass
c. 1750–1820
Mahogany veneer, unidentified secondary woods, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.2012.205