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On Display: House - Blackwell Parlor
Looking glass or mirror
James Reynolds
1769-1770
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
James Reynolds (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Paint
- Pine, white
- Tulip poplar
- Glass
Museum Object Number
1952.0261
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1952.0261
Object Name
Looking glass or mirror
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
James Reynolds (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1769-1770
Materials
- Paint
- Pine, white
- Tulip poplar
- Glass
Dimensions (inches)
55.5 (H) x 28.5 (W) x 2.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
141 (H) x 72.39 (W) x 5.715 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW between side pendants.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Beckerdite, Luke. 2021 American Furniture 2020.
• Published: p. 111, fig. 40Article: 1996 "The Cadwalader Family: Art and Style in Early Philadelphia". Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin. (Fall)
Book: Adair, William. 1983 The Frame in America, 1700-1900: A Survey of Fabrication Techniques and Styles.
• Published as fig. 10, p. 14.Book: Wainwright, Nicholas B. 1964 Colonial Grandeur: The House and Furniture of Colonel John Cadwalader.
Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as fig. 259Book: Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
• Published: pl. 13.Article: Beckerdite, Luke. 2014 Pattern Carving in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia. American Furniture. 86-141.
• Published: p. 109, fig. 46.