Quillwork Looking Glass

Quillwork Looking Glass

Public Domain

Quillwork Looking Glass
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Quillwork Looking Glass
Datec. 1690–1720
Made inEngland
MediumPine, gilding, glass, and quillwork
Dimensions29 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (74.9 × 64.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.63.72
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Pine Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThe intricate decorations surrounding the actual mirror of this object are quillwork, the term used to describe elaborate assemblies of twisted and curled strips of paper used to embellish objects such as boxes, tea caddies, wall sconces, and pictures.  Women of higher social status in England and America did such work during the colonial era and into the 1800s.
Provenance[John S. Walton, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, April 29, 1963; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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