Collection Highlights
Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
1800-1850
1954.11
Leather, metal, glass, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Looking glass
Object name
Looking glass
Date
1740-1780
Medium
Walnut veneer, glass, gilding
Dimensions
Overall: 51 1/2 x 27 x 2 1/2 in. ( 130.8 x 68.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description
Rectangular Chippendale looking glass in walnut veneer frame; broken pediment centering a carved shell with leaf pendant; mirror plate surrounded by molded border with gilding; serpentine-shaped base.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Screven Lorillard
Object Number
1952.438
Gallery Label
This looking glass was once part of the collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.