Looking glass Maker: Unknown

1805–20

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Eastern white pine (side members of frame; backboard), sylvestris pine (top and bottom frame members, divider between pieces of glass)

Dimensions

42 7/8 × 24 7/16 in. (108.9 × 62 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Millicent Todd Bingham

Accession Number

1969.44.4

Geography

Possibly made in Boston, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Eliza M. Goodwin (1799–1882), New Haven, Conn. Acquired by Millicent Todd Bingham (later Mrs. Walter Van Dyke Bingham, 1880–1969), Washington, D.C. [see note 1], bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1969

Note 1: Millicent Bingham presented her parent's papers to Yale University Library and bequeathed the contents of her house to the Art Gallery. It is not known whether she purchased or inherited the furniture that is in the Art Gallery's collection. For more on Millicent Bingham, see: David L. Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992, p. 389.)

Sources: Eliza Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 - AncestryLibrary.com
Bibliography
  • David L. Barquist, Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett, and Gerald W. R. Ward, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 329–30, no. 184, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

looking glasses

Inscriptions

"Miss E M Goodwin / Care of / W.A. Merill [Morill?] / N[. . .H]aven / Conn." is written in ink on a piece of paper pasted on the top piece of the backboard. "FOSTER BROS., / Pictures & Frames, / 4 Park Square, / BOSTON." is printed on a paper label glued to the top frame member, and "163" is written in pencil on the same label. "163 Regild water gold slightly Ant" is written in pencil on the top frame member. "163" is also written on the back of the reverse-painted panel and the bottom backboard. "HTG / CO [encircled, within a square]" is stamped on the back of the glass. "34" is written in ink on the divider and the top, side, and bottom frame members. "34 x 19" is written in ink on the top and left side members, and "3672" is written on the right side member. "670" is written in crayon and pencil on the bottom piece of the backboard.

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