Looking glass
Made in England, the Rococo carved-and-gilded overmantel looking glass of the Marmion Room was probably installed when the room was painted in the 1770s. The frame features pierced scrollwork, C-scrolls of acanthus leaves, and a central Chinese pavilion considered “exotic” by eighteenth-century standards. The looking glass was likely custom ordered to fit the space above the fireplace, where it was screwed into the wall and considered a permanent architectural fixture.
Artwork Details
- Title: Looking glass
- Date: 1750–75
- Geography: Made in England
- Medium: Pine, gilded plaster
- Dimensions: 23 x 66 in. (58.4 x 167.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
- Object Number: 28.49
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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