Looking Glass

Object/Artifact

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Historic Charleston Foundation

chippendale mirror

chippendale mirror

Name/Title

Looking Glass

Entry/Object ID

83.1.2

Tags

Needs review

Description

Mirror PLACE 1795 Mahogany with gilt Chippendale Style Looking Glass with Scrolled, Pierced and Acanthus Carved Gilt Crest Centering a Gilt Phoenix Above a Molded Rectangular Mirror Frame. Flanked By Carved Pendant Foliage.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

83.1.

Source or Donor

Farrow, Mr. and Mrs. Ashby

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1795

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mirror

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Location

Location

Room

204

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Permanent

Moved By

SJ

Date

July 28, 2004

Location

Room

204

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

June Hawkins

Date

June 25, 2002

Notes

Until: / /

Location

Building

NR DINING ROOM

Moved By

Red

Date

July 7, 1998

Notes

Until: / /

Location

Building

NR 302

Category

Permanent

Condition

Notes

Final was detached and found by the curator in storage. Some flaking to the gilt and gesso. Damage Information: Final was detached and found by the curator in storage.

Conservation

Treatment

Conservator

Russell Buskirk

Notes

Scope of work: Conservator Russell Buskirk did a stop-gap measure to reattach the final for the Russell House reopening, but a more permanent solution is necessary.

General Notes

Note

Tag Date: 2022-11-10 15:10:48.999000 Status: OK Location Details1: 1

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 7, 1998

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023