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Before treatment view prior to 2015 conservation.

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View of label fixed to mirror backing board photographed under infrared light, which reads: "G. Steinhäuser Bildhauer und Spiegelfabrikant verfertigt alle Sorten Spiegel, Console-Tische, Console zu Tafeluhren, Gardinenstangen, Kronleuchter, Wandleuchter, macht neue Rahmen um alte Gläser, und belegt alte Gläser aufs Neue. Söge-Straße No 42 Bremen" (Trans.) "G. Steinhäuser sculptor and mirror manufacturer produces all types of mirrors, console tables, consoles for table clocks, curtain rods, chandeliers, wall sconces, makes new frames around old glass, and applies old glass onto new. Söge Street No. 42 Bremen"

Georg Andreas Steinhäuser

German, b. 1779

Looking Glass

c. 1820-35

Medium carved and gilded wood, mirrored glass
Dimensions 41 3/8 x 40 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (105.2 x 102.9 x 14 cm)
Object Number 1997.10.2
Acquisition Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Chambers, Jr., 1997
Status On View

Image Caption

Georg Andreas Steinhäuser, Looking Glass, c. 1820-35, carved and gilded wood, mirrored glass. Clark Art Institute, gift of Mr and Mrs Robert W Chambers, Jr, 1997.10.2

Select Bibliography

Lockwood,Luke Vincent. Colonial Furniture in America. 2 volumes. 3rd edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Comstock, Helen. "The Summer Home of George A. Cluett, Williamstown, Massachusetts." Living with Antiques. Antiques 66 (November 1954): 3826.

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