Collection Highlights
Bird's Nest and Dog Roses
1867
1947.519
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and selective glazing with scratching out on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Looking glass
Object name
Looking glass
Date
1810-1820
Medium
Wood, glass, gesso, gilding
Dimensions
Overall: 69 1/4 x 41 x 9 in. ( 175.9 x 104.1 x 22.9 cm )
Description
Rectangular gilt Federal looking glass; tabernacle frame with projecting cornice with applied swag, rosettes and 18 acorns (1 missing), beaded and rope pilasters with acanthus-leaf capitals; horizontal rectangular panel of glass over vertical rectangular panel of glass.