Looking Glass
James Stokes
1795–1800 · Mahogany, mahogany veneer, Atlantic white cedar, pine · The American Wing
The backboard of this looking glass retains a label from the shop of James Stokes. Stokes was a merchant who sold looking glasses made by local Philadelphia cabinetmakers at the dry goods store he established at the corner of Front and High Street in 1791.
- Artist
- James Stokes
- Date
- 1795–1800
- Medium
- Mahogany, mahogany veneer, Atlantic white cedar, pine
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Purchase, The Virginia and Leonard Marx Foundation Gift, 1994
