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Dressing glass

Thomas Seymour

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark wood dresser with two drawers and gold hardware. The dresser has a curved top and turned legs. The drawers have lion head pulls. Attached to the top is a tiltable rectangular mirror with a scalloped top and decorative metal finials on either side. The mirror frame is wood and matches the dresser. There are two small round knobs on either side of the mirror frame. The background is gray.

Artwork details

Date:
1810–15
Medium:
Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers, and glass with white pine
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
537 × 625 px
Museum record:
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