Carved and gilded overmantle looking glass with eglomise decoration: with projecting coved cornice above an eglomise panel depicting a neo classical urn flanked by rinceaux, similar eglomise panels at the sides flanked by corinthian colonettes.
Acquisition
Accession
A 77.5
Source or Donor
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Purchase, 1981
Furniture Details
Furniture Type
Mirror - Hanging
Made/Created
Artist
Unknown
Date made
circa 1800 - circa 1810
Place
Country
America
Continent
North America
Dimensions
Height
65-1/4 in
Width
59-1/2 in
Material
Gilt gesso, Pine, Eglomise
Provenance
Notes
Purchase, from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY 4/17/81
