GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Although this superb looking glass has a history of American ownership, like the great majority of similar examples which graced Colonial houses, it was made in England. Because of the expense and specialized nature of the craft, few, if any, glasses of this size were made in pre-Revolutionary America.
This particular pattern of looking glass was apparently a popular one among persons of wealth in the colonies, for several similar examples are known. With its intricately carved crest, applied gilded ornaments, shaped upper molding, and elaborate carved and gilded side pieces, it reflects the best of mid-18th-century design.
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DMA unpublished material.
NOTES
- provenance form in TMS changed to comply with Guidelines and Procedures for Provenance Display
- Venable catalogue essay added to TMS as a text entry
- DMA unpublished material: Undated, unauthored copy of a typed document found in the Collections Records Object File (1985.B.21), with a reference to Johnathan Fairbanks, "American antiques in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bybee Part II," Antiques, (January 1968), 77.
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Until 1954: John Walton, Inc, Riverside, Connecticut
1954-1985: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1985: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is Charles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, 1989), 24.
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General Description
Although this superb looking glass has a history of American ownership, like the great majority of similar examples which graced Colonial houses, it was made in England. Because of the expense and specialized nature of the craft, few, if any, glasses of this size were made in pre-Revolutionary America.
This particular pattern of looking glass was apparently a popular one among persons of wealth in the colonies, for several similar examples are known. With its intricately carved crest, applied gilded ornaments, shaped upper molding, and elaborate carved and gilded side pieces, it reflects the best of mid-18th-century design.
Adapted from
DMA unpublished material.
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Notes
- provenance form in TMS changed to comply with Guidelines and Procedures for Provenance Display
- Venable catalogue essay added to TMS as a text entry
- DMA unpublished material: Undated, unauthored copy of a typed document found in the Collections Records Object File (1985.B.21), with a reference to Johnathan Fairbanks, "American antiques in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bybee Part II," Antiques, (January 1968), 77.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1954: John Walton, Inc, Riverside, Connecticut
1954-1985: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1985: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is Charles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, 1989), 24.
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