On View
Not on viewLooking Glasses
Date1825-1840
Dimensions63.45 × 33 cm (25 × 13 in.)
MarkingsIncised twice on backing panel: "J Buttrick." Inscribed on back frame: "Looking Glass ------."
Credit LineBequest of Miss Martha M. Buttrick (1910)
Object numberF2006.0001
DescriptionPine, paint, glass. Frame repainted c. 1900. "Eglomise" upper glass. Non-architectural frame. Originally, the rings were probably gilt and the remainder of the split balusters "ebonized," stained black to imitate ebony.