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On Display: House - Port Royal Parlor
Looking glass or mirror
1760-1775
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Spruce
- Pine, Scots or red
- Glass
- Gilt
- Gesso
Museum Object Number
1957.0664.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.0664.001
Object Name
Looking glass or mirror
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Origin Notes
United States or England.
Date
1760-1775
Materials
- Spruce
- Pine, Scots or red
- Glass
- Gilt
- Gesso
Dimensions (inches)
69 (H) x 26.75 (W) x 2 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
175.26 (H) x 67.945 (W) x 5.08 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 257.Book: Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
• Published: no. 24.Article: 2001 Shells, Scrolls, & Cabrioles: American Furniture from Winterthur at the Winter Antiques Show. Winterthur Magazine. (December 2001): 35-42.
• Published: p.38 or 40Web Site: 09/24/2015 Tin-Mercury Amalgam Mirrors - AIC Wiki. 2020 https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Tin-Mercury_Amalgam_Mirrors
Web Site: 09/24/2015 Tin-Mercury Amalgam Mirrors - AIC Wiki. 2020 https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Tin-Mercury_Amalgam_Mirrors