A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY LOOKING-GLASS

LABELLED BY JOHN ELLIOTT, JR. (1739-1810), PHILADELPHIA, 1796-1803

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY LOOKING-GLASS
Labelled by John Elliott, Jr. (1739-1810), Philadelphia, 1796-1803
The scrolled pediment flanked by shaped ears above a molded frame with cusped upper corners enclosing a rectangular glass, on a scrolled pendant base, the backboard with printed paper label
45in. high, 32in. wide

来源

Philip Cowan, 1973

拍品专文

John Elliott, Sr. was a Philadelphia cabinet-maker who also sold American and imported mirrors. After developing a separate paint and drug business, John Elliott, Jr. added his father's business to his own. Five years after his father's death, John Elliott, Jr. stopped using the word "Junior" in his labels and in 1804, he was joined in business by his two sons. The label on this mirror dates from the period between these two events, 1796-1803. Although the label is in poor condition, a very similar label advertises Frames of American Manufacture, suggesting that this mirror was Philadelphia-made, not imported. See Antiques (April 1967), pp. 514-517; Antiques (May 1981), pp. 1178-1195. See also lots 189 and 218.