Looking glass

Published/Created:

New York, United States
England, United Kingdom
ca. 1740–1760

Physical Description:

60 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.

Materials:

Mirror glass; walnut; gilding

Notes:

Sack catalogue description: Pair of Chippendale walnut and gilded mirrors with original cartouche ornaments, the broken arch tops have acanthus carving trailing the arch with egg-and-dart borders ending in carved rosettes with pendants, the mirrors are bordered by superb leaf and floral carving of cyma outline with an egg-and-dart outer border; the scrollboards and bases have applied gilded cartouches, the backplates for sconces are the original and the mirrors retain their original gilding. New York or English. History of descent is supported by a number of family letters and geneologies that will be provided to the purchaser: 1) Hendrick Rutgers married Catherine De Peyster in New York in 1730; 2) Mary Rutgers, fifth child of Hendrick and Catherine Rutgers (note: her brother was Henry Rutgers, founder of Rutgers University), married Stephen McCrea (born 1755), who was surgeon in Battle of Ticonderoga, Revolutionary War; 3) Mary McCrea, daughter of Stephen and Mary McCrea, married Timothy Hedges; 4) Mary Rutgers McCrea Hedges (born Aptil 4, 1819), married Abraham Bogart Conger, 1836; 5) Wilhemina De Peyster Knauth, granddaughter of Mary Conger. The mirrors were on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston until the end of 1968.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 5, pp. 1150–1151, pl. P4047.

Variant Titles:

Pair of Chippendale walnut and gilded mirrors

Topics:

Decoration and ornament -- Chippendale style
Furniture -- United States

Period/Style:

Chippendale

Culture:

American or English

Accession Number:

4047A

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, 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:

10981631

PID:

digcoll:845898