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Mirror from Croome Court, Worcestershire

Designer Robert Adam British, Scottish
1765
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 512

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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
  • Object Number: 60.31.2a–c
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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