Queen Anne Looking Glass
In a Remarkable
State of Preservation 

Likely Northeast, ca. late 18th century. A simple, elegant silhouette.

Virtually untouched.  Retaining the original red-pigmented dry varnish surface, mirror glass, and backboard with sensational undisturbed patina. Without cracks or repair. Appears to be mahogany and pine, the backboard with such appealing hand-planing that one would be tempted to display this glass backwards. The carved crest is joined to the frame via a sliding-dovetail stile, the molded frame joined at the corners with wooden splines.

As pure an example of this form as one will find. Versatile smaller size of about 16 ½ inches tall x 9 3/8 wide. See the Mirror Book, Schiffer, for related examples.