Looking Glass

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 734

The earliest Shaker mirrors were made after 1821, when the religious laws allowing their use were written. This example with a convex-molded frame, and T-shape wall bracket. The brass knobs on the base would have been used to suspend brushes and combs.

Looking Glass, United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) (American, active ca. 1750–present), Cedar, maple, American, Shaker

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