Signed, on urn decoration: R Wellford
Inscribed, on urn decoration: OB Dec' 14th 1799 Ae'63 Years | GW
Pier Mirror, ca. 1804
- Robert Wellford, American, 1775 - 1844
Yellow pine, gilt, campau, gesso, and silvered glass
- Framed: Overall: 65 × 35 5/8 × 7 3/8 inches (165.1 × 90.5 × 18.7 cm)
Museum Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, and Beatrice W. Rogers Fund
2007.146
On View
- American W271
Department
American Art before 1950
- Women
- Silvered glass
- Yellow pine
- Gesso
- Furniture
- Mirror
- Gilt
- Urn
- Philadelphia
Details
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
Provenance
2007-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Rights Status
Robert Wellford, Pier Mirror, ca. 1804, yellow pine, gilt, campau, gesso, and silvered glass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, and Beatrice W. Rogers Fund, 2007.146.
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