Collection Highlights
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Date:
1885-1886
Object Number:
LIB.XL.CT.G763.A3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Looking glass
Object Number:
INV.14345
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood, glass, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 46 x 26 x 6 in. ( 116.8 x 66 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Pillar looking glass with gilded double frame (now with dark overpainting); overhanging indented cornice with 16 gilded balls suspended from underside; upper panel with incised decoration and a small rectangular mirror with concave corners at its center; mirror plate flanked on either side by a column with swelling shaft decorated with leaves carved in intaglio and applied diamonds; molding set between blocks at bottom of mirror frame.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
