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Image

Unknown Maker, English

looking glass,

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

English

Title

looking glass

Medium

walnut veneer, glass, unidentified softwood, walnut, oak

Materials/Techniques

Materials

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

Techniques

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

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

Place Made: England

Type

  • Furniture

Credit

Bequest of Miss Sybil Ada Fowler

Object Number

28.025

About

looking glass

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

Place Made: England

Use

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

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