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Visitors to Mount Vernon routinely commented on the abundance of provisions offered at dinner, which included a selection of beverages ranging from fine wines to hard cider, ale, beer, and the Philadelphia porter of which George Washington was fond. Malted liquors and ciders were typically served in…
Visitors to Mount Vernon routinely commented on the abundance of provisions offered at dinner, which included a selection of beverages ranging from fine wines to hard cider, ale, beer, and the Philadelphia porter of which George Washington was fond. Malted liquors and ciders were typically served in…
Visitors to Mount Vernon routinely commented on the abundance of provisions offered at dinner, which included a selection of beverages ranging from fine wines to hard cider, ale, beer, and the Philadelphia porter of which George Washington was fond. Malted liquors and ciders were typically served in…
Visitors to Mount Vernon routinely commented on the abundance of provisions offered at dinner, which included a selection of beverages ranging from fine wines to hard cider, ale, beer, and the Philadelphia porter of which Washington was fond. Malted liquors and ciders were typically served in glasses…
Visitors to Mount Vernon routinely commented on the abundance of provisions offered at dinner, which included a selection of beverages ranging from fine wines to hard cider, ale, beer, and the Philadelphia porter of which George Washington was fond. Malted liquors and ciders were typically served in…
Visitors to Mount Vernon routinely commented on the abundance of provisions offered at dinner, which included a selection of beverages ranging from fine wines to hard cider, ale, beer, and the Philadelphia porter of which George Washington was fond. Malted liquors and ciders were typically served in…
Visitors to Mount Vernon routinely commented on the abundance of provisions offered at dinner, which included a selection of beverages ranging from fine wines to hard cider, ale, beer, and the Philadelphia porter of which George Washington was fond. Malted liquors and ciders were typically served in…
Visitors to Mount Vernon routinely commented on the abundance of provisions offered at dinner, which included a selection of beverages ranging from fine wines to hard cider, ale, beer, and the Philadelphia porter of which George Washington was fond. Malted liquors and ciders were typically served in…
This towering looking glass caught President George Washington’s eye while at the handsome New York mansion of the Comte de Moustier, the visiting French envoy to the United States. After Moustier was recalled to France in October 1789, Washington rented his former residence and purchased a sizable…
With its eagle and lamp finials, attenuated pilasters, and delicate gilt painted garlands, this looking glass is an exceptional example of neoclassical, pillar type mirrors. The top panel features the Washington family crest and shield at center. When it was offered at auction by Lawrence Washington…
According to family history, this looking glass once hung in the executive mansion in Philadelphia during George Washington’s presidency. James Peale, miniature painter and brother of artist Charles Willson Peale, is believed to have purchased it at a sale of furnishings held at the end of Washington’s…
Looking glasses were to be found in nearly every room at Mount Vernon, where they offered a view of one's figure and accentuated the light in a room by reflecting and dispersing it. On this elegant example, a complex network of carved and gilded C-scrolls, curving foliage, and rocaille or rockwork ornament…
Elite households in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries indulged in spectacular dessert courses dramatically set with mirrored plateaux, ceramic figurines, and real and artificial flowers. Sweet jellies - clear or colored confections flavored with spices and fruit - added a rainbow of…
The bold pediment frame of this looking glass, inspired by classical and Renaissance architecture, would have made it an impressive addition to the Washingtons' home when it was acquired in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. Large oblong looking glasses such as this were intended to hang between…
This looking glass may have been among the “Brackets glasses etc” purchased by George Washington on March 16, 1791 from carver and gilder James Reynolds. They likely graced the Green Drawing Room of the presidential manse in Philadelphia. Mounted on a wall behind an oil lamp supported on a wall…
This looking glass may have been among the “Brackets glasses etc” purchased by George Washington on March 16, 1791 from carver and gilder James Reynolds. They likely graced the Green Drawing Room of the presidential manse in Philadelphia. Mounted on a wall behind an oil lamp supported on a wall…
Jellies, clear or colored confections flavored with spices and fruit, were typically served in individual glasses. Their presentation was further enhanced by the cut decoration lavished on each glass. By the late eighteenth century, elite households presented the dessert amid a dramatic table setting…
Jellies, clear or colored confections flavored with spices and fruit, were typically served in individual glasses. Their presentation was further enhanced by the cut decoration lavished on each glass. By the late eighteenth century, elite households presented the dessert amid a dramatic table setting…
Jellies, clear or colored confections flavored with spices and fruit, were typically served in individual glasses. Their presentation was further enhanced by the cut decoration lavished on each glass. By the late eighteenth century, elite households presented the dessert amid a dramatic table setting…
