Convex Mirror
Convex Mirror

Currently not on view

Convex Mirror,

ca. 1800

British
y1974-14

Information

Title
Convex Mirror
Dates

ca. 1800

Medium
Wood, gesso, gilding, and glass
Dimensions
Glass: diam. 53 cm (20 7/8 in.) (glass) Overall: h. 135 cm, diam. 77 cm (53 1/8 x 30 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of The Thorne Foundation
Object Number
y1974-14
Place Made

England

Culture
British
Type
furniture, convex mirrors
Materials
glass, wood, gesso
Techniques
gilding
Subject
eagles, dolphins, plant-derived motifs, running ornament, vine scrolls, bobeches, candlesticks

The Thorne Foundation; 1974 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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