Looking Glass

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Looking Glass
Datec. 1700–1730
Made inEngland
MediumMahogany and mirored glass
Dimensions40 1/2 × 19 in. (102.9 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.59.79
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceCurtis Tavern, West Granville, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, May 18, 1959; given to Bayou Bend, by 1966.

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Looking Glass
c. 1785–1815
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; white pine, composition, gold leaf, iron, and mirrored glass
B.2008.14
scan from file photograph
c. 1745–1770
Mahogany; mahogany veneer, coniferous wood pine, spruce or fir, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.59.34
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c. 1740–1780
Mahogany veneer; composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
B.69.150
scan from file photograph
c. 1760–1775
Mahogany; spruce, composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
B.69.79
scan from file photograph
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. 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
Looking Glass
c. 1745–1770
Mahogany veneer, spruce, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.58.103
Looking Glass
Charles del Vecchio
c. 1830–1837
Mahogany and cherry; eastern white pine, soft maple, brass, and mirror glass
B.90.16
Dressing Glass
c. 1760–1790
Mahogany; eastern white pine, mirrored glass
B.2001.6