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Looking Glass

Retailer John Elliott Sr. American
1769–75
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 748
The looking glass with frame in the full Rococo taste is one of the rarest of American furniture forms. The label of John Elliott on this example refers to the retailer, not the maker.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Looking Glass
  • Retailer: John Elliott Sr. (1713–1791)
  • Date: 1769–75
  • Geography: Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Painted white pine, northern white cedar; mirror glass
  • Dimensions: 48 x 26 in. (121.9 x 66 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund and Max H. Gluck Foundation Inc. Gift, in honor of Virginia and Leonard Marx, 1990
  • Object Number: 1990.18
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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