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Looking glass

about 1800
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueGilded frame
DimensionsOverall: 172.7 x 71.8 x 6.4 cm (68 x 28 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Nathaniel Bowditch Potter in memory of Mary Robeson Sargent
Accession numberRES.51.179
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ClassificationsFurniture
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InscriptionsIn graphite on back of finial and plinth: "G" In chalk, upside down, and baseboard: "A - 1002 - 11"
ProvenanceBy tradition, owned originally by Zaccariah Allen of Providence, Rhode Island, "who had handsome things"; by descent in his family to his great-granddaughter, the donor; Gift of Mrs. Nathaniel Bowditch Potter (Accession Date December 13, 1951)