Looking Glass or Mirror
Date1800-1850
MediumWood, gesso, gilt, glass, paint
Dimensions19 5/8 × 2 15/16 in. (49.9 × 7.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Joseph C. Turk
Object number1932.9.3
DescriptionFederal style wall mirror with a gold painted frame and a verre eglomise scene (reverse glass painting backed with metal foil) in the upper panel. Mirror is rectangular. Frame has a straight cornice with 13 gilt balls. The scene is a bucolic landscape showing a house with a tower by water.On View
Not on viewCollections
mid 19th cent
ca. 1890
Herbert Wheaton Congdon
[not after 1965].
1900-40
1800-1820
China
Mid 19th
c. 1890