Mirror from Croome Court, Worcestershire
Medium
Carved and painted pine, marble sheets veneered on a cement core, with newly carved swags
Dimensions
11 ft. 8 in. × 75 in. (355.6 × 190.5 cm) Cresting, confirmed: 22 in. (55.9 cm) pediment, confirmed: 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm) hanging strap length: 25 3/16 in. (64 cm)
Classification
Woodwork-Furniture
Culture
British
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1960
Accession Number
60.31.2a–c
About the Artist
Sefferin Alken|Robert Adam ( |British, Scottish) · 1688 |1728 –1788 |1792
active 1744, died ca. 1783|British, Kirkcaldy, Scotland 1728–1792 London