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Looking Glass

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wooden mirror frame with gold accents. Rectangular mirror with smaller, landscape-oriented rectangle above it. Thicker wood at top and bottom. Scrolled design on bottom. Gold filigree on sides and top. Small gold candelabra on top with flowers. Top wooden design curved with scrolls on sides. Small scene in top rectangle. Background wall gray. Title: Looking Glass. Artist not specified.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Mahogany, white pine
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
481 × 625 px
Museum record:
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