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Looking Glass, 1800–1820, Gilt gesso, pine, wire, eglomise tablet
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Mirror · New York

Looking Glass

Maker unknown · New York · 1800–1820

Medium
Gilt gesso, pine, wire, eglomise tablet
Dimensions
51 x 25 in. (129.5 x 63.5 cm)
Accession
50.145.358
Credit line
Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
Culture
American

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