Mirror

ca. 1760

Mirrors were an essential part of interior decoration in the eighteenth century. They gave greater intensity to daylight that filtered through windows, and candlelight shimmered in their glass plates and elaborately gilded frames at night. Carved and molded rush fronds and floral sprays surround the oval glass of this mirror. At the top, the carved surmount is a stylized, intertwined cord and bow. Mirrors in this style were produced in the workshops of John Linnell and Thomas Chippendale.

Glass, gesso, wood, and gilt

58 x 33 in. (147.32 x 83.8 cm)

Gift in honor of Virginia Bloedel Wright by Sally Sample Aall

94.109

Not currently on view

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