Looking Glass

Looking Glass

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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

On view

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Object Type

FURNITURE

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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