Looking Glass Maker: Unknown

1790–1810

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

This looking glass was created by combining the elements from three different designs from George Hepplewhite's Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide (1788). The frame is reduced, compared to earlier glasses, to a very narrow molding. The crest and base are visually separated and conceived and executed as openwork designs. The surfaces are entirely gilded.

Medium

Spruce, Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), and eastern white pine

Dimensions

50 11/16 × 24 in. (128.7 × 61 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2784

Geography

Possibly made in United States

Culture

English or American

Period

18th–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
Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, by 1930; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1930
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), 51, 318–19, no. 178, pl. 13, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

looking glasses

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