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Image

English, England

looking glass, early 1700s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

English

Title

looking glass

Year

early 1700s

Medium

walnut; walnut veneer; oak; unidentified softwood; glass

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • walnut veneer,
  • glass,
  • unidentified softwood,
  • walnut,
  • oak

Dimensions

101.6 x 33 cm (40 x 13 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in 18th Century hand in ink on back:K£1200

Place

England

Type

  • Decorative Arts,
  • Furniture

Credit

Bequest of Miss Sybil Ada Fowler

Object Number

28.025

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is looking glass with the accession number of 28.025. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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