A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY LOOKING-GLASS

LABELLED BY JOHN ELLIOTT, JR. (1739-1810), PHILADELPHIA, 1784-1790

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY LOOKING-GLASS
Labelled by John Elliott, Jr. (1739-1810), Philadelphia, 1784-1790
The scrolled pediment flanked by shaped ears above a molded frame with cusped upper corners enclosing a rectangular glass, on a shaped scrolling base, the backboard with printed paper label
39in. high, 20in. wide

來源

Israel Sack, Inc., New York City, 1964

拍品專文

The label on the back of this mirror dates from the period when John Elliot, Jr. was working in his father's cabinetry and mirror shop. The label indicates that paints and medicines were also for sale in the Elliot's shop. The inscription reads JOHN ELLIOTT, Jun'r On [the West side] of First Street, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets, PHILADELPHIA [Hath for] sale a general assortment of DRUGS and MEDICINES Sage, Pearl Barley, Oatmeal, Spices, & LOOKING GLASSES, with and without Frames, WINDOW GLASS of most Sizes, and large Glass for Clocks, Samplers, & also, COACH GLASSES; Spirits of Turpentine, Var- nish of divers Sorts, Putty, Painter's Tools, and Camel's Hair Penors, Leaf- Gold and Silver, Black lead and Sand Crucibles, Pearl ... N.B. LOOKING GLASSES new Quicksilvered and Frames. A similar mirror is illustrated in Downs, American Furniture (New York, 1952), fig. 266. See Antiques (April 1967), pp. 514-517. See also lots 171 and 218.