Mirror with embroidered panels, England, ca. 1660

Name/Title

Mirror with embroidered panels, England, ca. 1660

Entry/Object ID

1936.01.011

Description

Embroidery in wooden frame surrounding mirror.

Acquisition

Accession

1936.01

Source or Donor

Rice, Harriet Langdon Pruyn

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William Gorham Rice

Made/Created

Artist

Wentworth, Frances Deering

Material

Textiles

Provenance

Notes

Early history unknown, possibly owned by a member of the Sherburne family in England; by tradition, given by Frances Deering Wentworth to her cousin, Sarah Sherburne Langdon; descended to her daughters and grand-daughters; in 1893, purchased from the family by Harriet Parker Pruyn, Albany, N.Y., a great-grandaughter of Sarah Sherburne Langdon; given by her daughters, Mrs. Charles Hamill and Mrs. William Gorham Rice.