Looking glass
- Published/Created:
- England, United Kingdom
ca. 1740–1760 - Physical Description:
- 16 x 43 1/2 in.
- Materials:
- Mirror glass; gilding
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Chippendale carved and gilded overmantel mirror with the original three-section beveled glasses, the outer border with egg-and-dart carving with floral rosettes in the squared corners, the mirror border with astragal carving.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 4, p. 994, pl. P3786. - Variant Titles:
- Chippendale carved and gilded overmantel mirror
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament -- Chippendale style
Furniture -- United States - Period/Style:
- Chippendale
- Culture:
- English
- Accession Number:
- 3786
- Genre:
- looking glasses (AAT)
overmantel 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, May 1973; Sack, October 1974
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Folder:
- Folder 9923 cab1dr2 tiff
- Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10981597
- PID:
- digcoll:845872
