Looking Glass
- Date
- c.1785–1800
- Material
- Mahogany, glass, and gilding
- Classification
- Furniture
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 47 1/2 x 26 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (120.7 x 66.4 x 2.9 cm)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Nellie V. Plant in memory of her husband, Frederick S. Plant, the great grandson of David Poignand
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 29:1936
Provenance
- 1936
David Poignand (1759-1830), Boston, MA, USA; Lancaster, MA; David Rozel Poignand, Taylorsville, KY, by inheritance; Yoder Poignand, by inheritance; Alfred Plant, by inheritance; Frederick S. Plant, St. Louis, MO, by inheritance; Nellie V. Plant, by inheritance [1]
1936 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Nellie V. Plant [2]
Notes:
[1] The primary source of provenance information is an undated note, presumably provided by Mary Plant Faust, cousin of Frederick S. Plant, and a family-tree based on research conducted by Museum Assistant Curator Lynn Springer [SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 3, 1936.
David Poignand (1759-1830), Boston, MA, USA; Lancaster, MA; David Rozel Poignand, Taylorsville, KY, by inheritance; Yoder Poignand, by inheritance; Alfred Plant, by inheritance; Frederick S. Plant, St. Louis, MO, by inheritance; Nellie V. Plant, by inheritance [1]
1936 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, bequest of Nellie V. Plant [2]
Notes:
[1] The primary source of provenance information is an undated note, presumably provided by Mary Plant Faust, cousin of Frederick S. Plant, and a family-tree based on research conducted by Museum Assistant Curator Lynn Springer [SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, December 3, 1936.
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