Looking glass

Unknown

1750–75 · Pine, gilded plaster · The American Wing

Made in England, the Rococo carved-and-gilded overmantel looking glass of the Marmion Room was probably installed when the room was painted in the 1770s. The frame features pierced scrollwork, C-scrolls of acanthus leaves, and a central Chinese pavilion considered “exotic” by eighteenth-century standards. The looking glass was likely custom ordered to fit the space above the fireplace, where it was screwed into the wall and considered a permanent architectural fixture.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1750–75

Medium

Pine, gilded plaster

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1928