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Looking Glass

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1760-1780

GUSN

GUSN-3937

Description

Spruce frame with mahogany veneer applied; scalloped crest with paired volutes at top and bottom; two piece glass.

Details

Descriptive Terms

looking glasses
mirrors
mahogany (wood)
veneer
spruce (wood)
Chippendale
Mirror
Mirror

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

54 7/16 x 27 1/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.272

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