Looking glass : detail of crest

Published/Created:: United States
England, United Kingdom
ca. 1740–1760
Physical Description:: 44 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.
Materials:: Mirror glass; pine; japanning; brass
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Chippendale pine mirror with the original japanned decoration, scrolled crest and base, the brass candle sconces are replacements. American or English. Ex-collection Katherine Prentis Murphy; exhibited New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, New Hampshire.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 8, p. 2154, pl. P5620.
Variant Titles:: Chippendale pine mirror
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Chippendale style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Chippendale
Culture:: American or English
Accession Number:: 5620A
Genre:: looking glasses (AAT)
mirrors (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, February 1985
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder 10319 cab1dr4 tiff
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10968697
OID:: 11870876
PID:: digcoll:1024743