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Lot Essay
Created by decorating the reverse of a glass panel with painted and gilt embellishment, églomisé panels were extensively used in New York mirrors during the Federal period and can be found in Boston and Baltimore as well.
Eglomisé panels from New York usually are more freely decorated compared to the examples from Boston and Baltimore. This mirror bears characteristics associated with New York models such as the decoration above the frame, the urn finials with protruding ears issuing and wire floral sprays. For related mirrors see Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection (New York, 1986) fig. 96; Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses (New Haven, 1992) fig. 74 and Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period (New York, 1966) figs. 236 and 237.
Eglomisé panels from New York usually are more freely decorated compared to the examples from Boston and Baltimore. This mirror bears characteristics associated with New York models such as the decoration above the frame, the urn finials with protruding ears issuing and wire floral sprays. For related mirrors see Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection (New York, 1986) fig. 96; Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses (New Haven, 1992) fig. 74 and Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period (New York, 1966) figs. 236 and 237.