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Mirror
This is a mirror. It is dated ca. 1760 and we acquired it in 1968. Its medium is carved, gessoed and gilt pine, mirrored glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
While not of the period of the surtout de table, this pier mirror was designed to reflect the light from both the windows it hung between and the candlelight from candelabra on banquet table tops.
This object was
bequest of
Mary Hayward Weir.
It is credited Bequest of Mary Hayward Weir.
- Print, Three Women in a Landscape
- etching on laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-249-9
- Pair of Porcelain Hotei Mounted as Two-Light Candelabra Candelabra
- soft paste porcelain; bronze, gold.
- Gift of Anonymous Donor.
- 1967-48-124-a,b
- Sugar Bowl And Lid (England)
- stoneware (black basalt).
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- 1938-57-306-a,b
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Lock (France)
- cast and gilt bronze .
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1909-25-80
- Pleated Fan (Netherlands)
- glazed paper leaf, lacquered bamboo sticks.
- 1987-76-1
- Drawing, Project for Decorative Escutcheon
- pen and ink, brush and grey water color on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
- 1901-39-1770
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 182.9 x 109.2 x 17.8 cm (6 ft. x 43 in. x 7 in.)
Cite this object as
Mirror; carved, gessoed and gilt pine, mirrored glass; H x W x D: 182.9 x 109.2 x 17.8 cm (6 ft. x 43 in. x 7 in.); Bequest of Mary Hayward Weir; 1968-158-4
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions The Virtue in Vice and Thom Browne Selects.
