Lot 469
469
A CLASSICAL GILTWOOD GIRONDOLE MIRROR
Property from a Private New Jersey Collection
A CLASSICAL GILTWOOD GIRONDOLE MIRROR

PROBABLY ENGLISH, CIRCA 1820

Details
A CLASSICAL GILTWOOD GIRONDOLE MIRROR
Probably English, circa 1820
Backboard with partial printed label reading ...Pilgrim Street, NEWCASTLE
50 in. high, 24 in. wide
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, January 18-19, 2000, lot 777

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Lot Essay

As determined by microanalysis, this mirror is made of spruce and basswood. Though these woods do occur occasionally in American furniture of the period, the label on the backboard refers to a gilder in Newcastle and suggests an English origin. See David L. Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses (New Haven, 1992), pp. 203, 295.

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