This looking glass bears motifs characteristic of the work of the Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728-1792), such as paterae, urns, bellflowers, and fans. It reflects the neoclassical taste that swept the United States after the Revolution.
Credit: Sansbury-Mills Fund, 1956
1795-1810
Gilded gesso, verre eglomise with pine, wire
128.3 x 78.7cm
56.46.1
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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