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Title: Mirror from Croome Court, Worcestershire
Designer:
Robert Adam (British, Kirkcaldy, Scotland 1728–1792 London)
Maker:
Sefferin Alken (active 1744, died ca. 1783)
Date: 1765
Culture: British
Medium: Carved and painted pine, marble sheets veneered on a cement core, with newly carved swags
Dimensions:
11 ft. 8 in. × 75 in. (355.6 × 190.5 cm)
Cresting, confirmed: 22 in. (55.9 cm)
pediment, confirmed: 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
hanging strap length: 25 3/16 in. (64 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1960
Accession Number: 60.31.2a–c
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