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Rectangular Looking Glass

American

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

American. Rectangular Looking Glass, ca. 1810. 78 × 28 1/2 × 4 in. (198.1 × 72.4 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 60.101. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

American

Title

Rectangular Looking Glass

Date

ca. 1810

Classification

Furniture

Dimensions

78 × 28 1/2 × 4 in. (198.1 × 72.4 × 10.2 cm)

Credit Line

Dick S. Ramsay Fund

Accession Number

60.101

Frequent Art Questions

  • Why are these frames and mirrors in your collection?

    The mirrors (excluding the black mirror) are part of our Decorative Arts collection. They're in our collection because they are part of material culture, and can help us understand the way in which people lived in the past, styles and approaches to making throughout time. Many are emblematic of specific times and specific concerns. You might notice higher on the wall there is a convex mirror, it was made that way to reflect and maximize how much light a candle could give off.
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Artists and makers

American

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