The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Looking Glass

Date:: 1745–75
Geography:: England
Medium:: Pine
Dimensions:: 65 x 35 in. (165.1 x 88.9 cm)
Classification:: Furniture
Credit Line:: Gift of James DeLancey Verplanck and John Bayard Rodgers Verplanck, 1939
Accession Number:: 39.184.13

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: inscribed on label [early 19th century] pasted on the back of upper backboard: WILLIAM S. CONELY / CARVER and GILDER, 19 Essex St. [in italics] / NEW YORK
Provenance

James DeLancey Verplanck and John Bayard Rodgers Verplanck, Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York, until 1939
See also
What
Glass (16,037)

Wood (7,651)

Furniture (5,725)

Softwood (1,177)

Pine (890)

Mirrors (741)

Looking glasses (71)
Where
Europe (148,586)

United Kingdom (25,557)

England (9,102)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1800 A.D.

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