Looking glass Maker: Unknown

ca, 1780 and ca.1900

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Walnut with pine back

Dimensions

35 1/4 × 13 7/8 in. (89.5 × 35.2 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2532

Geography

Made in Made in United States

Culture

American and European

Period

18th 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
This mirror was in the collection of Irving W. Lyon. Garvan purchased it from Irving P. Lyon in 1929. Gift in 1930 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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), 378, no. A33, ill.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

looking glasses

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