Object Number 1961.0410

Object Name

Looking glass or mirror

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. G. Brooks Thayer

Creator (Role)

Wills M. Gaylord (Maker)
Attached to 1961.0410 Looking glass -- Paper label affixed to backboard: "Looking-Glass Factory & Store./ W.M. GAYLORD,/ No. 55, Genesee-Street, two doors above Wm. Clark's Lottery Office,/ and nea[r]ly opposite the Ontario Branch Bank,/ Has for sale at reduced prices, a very elegant and complete assortment of/ Gilt and Mahogany Framed/ LOOKING GLASSES,/ Also. - Bed and Window Cornices, made to order. Pictures Frames and/ Glazed with neatness and despatch (?). And every description of Ornamental Gild-/ing, common in his line of business, executed with taste./Utica, Ap[ril] 19, 1826".

Place of Origin

Utica, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; On the backboard; "Looking-Glass Factory & Store./ W.M. GAYLORD,/ No. 55, Genesee-Street, two doors above Wm. Clark's Lottery Office,/ and nea[r]ly opposite the Ontario Branch Bank,/ Has for sale at reduced prices, a very elegant and complete assortment of/ Gilt and Mahogany Framed/ LOOKING GLASSES,/ Also. - Bed and Window Cornices, made to order. Pictures Frames and/ Glazed with neatness and despatch (?). And every description of Ornamental Gild-/ing, common in his line of business, executed with taste./Utica, Ap[ril] 19, 1826".

Materials

Mahogany veneer; Satinwood veneer; Tulip poplar; Ash; Glass

Dimensions (inches)

37.125 (H) , 22.125 (W) , 0.75 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

94.297 (H) , 56.197 (W) , 1.91 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH at center. OW at upper side pieces. OD at top right.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
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[Web Site] 09/24/2015 Tin-Mercury Amalgam Mirrors - AIC Wiki. 2020 https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Tin-Mercury_Amalgam_Mirrors
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