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MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
A GEORGE II MAHOGANY PARCEL-GILT LOOKING-GLASS
Mid-18th century
The scrolled, pierced and acanthus-carved gilt crest centering a gilt phoenix above a molded serpentine rectangular mirror frame flanked by carved pendant foliage, on a scalloped and scroll-carved gilt base
55in. high, 27in. wide
Mid-18th century
The scrolled, pierced and acanthus-carved gilt crest centering a gilt phoenix above a molded serpentine rectangular mirror frame flanked by carved pendant foliage, on a scalloped and scroll-carved gilt base
55in. high, 27in. wide
Provenance
Mrs. George Maurice Morris, Washington, D.C.
Sold in these Rooms, The Contents of The Lindens, January 22, 1983, lot 314
Sold in these Rooms, The Contents of The Lindens, January 22, 1983, lot 314
Literature
"'The Lindens,' Washington Home of Mr. and Mrs. George Maurice Morris," Antiques (February 1938), p. 76. Alice Winchester, "Living with Antiques: The Washington Home of Mrs. George Maurice Morris," Antiques (January 1956), p. 62. Nancy A. Iliff, "Living with Antiques: The Lindens, Washington, D.C.," Antiques (April 1979), p. 748, pl. IV.