Looking Glass (one of a pair)

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Looking Glass (one of a pair)
Datec. 1790–1810
Probable placeEngland
MediumWalnut veneer; gilt, composition, iron, paint, tinned iron, mercury/tin amalgam mirrored glass
Dimensions57 × 21 1/8 in. (144.8 × 53.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.76.165.2
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1976.

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Looking Glass (one of a pair)
c. 1790–1810
Walnut veneer; gilt, composition, iron, paint, tinned iron, mercury/tin amalgam mirrored glass
B.76.165.1
scan from file photograph
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c. 1800
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c. 1785–1815
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Looking Glass
c. 1740–1770
Walnut veneer; spruce, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
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c. 1740–1760
Walnut veneer; spruce, composition, gold leaf, and mirrored glass
B.61.107
scan from file photograph
c. 1745–1770
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c. 1740–1780
Mahogany veneer; composition, gold leaf, mirrored glass
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scan from file photograph
c. 1760–1775
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Looking Glass
c. 1740–1770
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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
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c. 1750–1800
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