1985.B.40.1, John Doggett, Looking glass, Roxbury, Mass, c. 1800-1815

Patterned after English examples, large looking glasses like these were extremely expensive. Large pieces of silvered mirror glass were not produced in the United States and, therefore, had to be imported. The giltwood ornament and glass panels with painted scenes added to the expense. However, regardless of their high cost, fancy looking glasses were popular among North America's wealthy. Cabinetmaker John Doggett, whose sizable shop made and labeled these glasses, sold his products as far afield as Montreal and New Orleans. This example is one of a set of two almost-identical looking glasses owned by the Dallas Museum of Art bearing Doggett's paper label on the back.

DMA unpublished material.

Until 1950s: John S. Walton, Inc., Riverside, Connecticut

1950s-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

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), 93.

set operator as OR

apply to objects where number equals 1985.B.40.2

Apply to objects where number equals 1985.B.40.1