Lot Essay
The backboard has remnants of a label that John Elliott, Jr. used from 1796-1803 while working from No. 60 South Front Street.
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LABELLED BY JOHN ELLIOTT, JR. (1739-1810), PHILADELPHIA, 1796-1803
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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT LOOKING-GLASS
Labelled by John Elliott, Jr. (1739-1810), Philadelphia, 1796-1803
The gilded broken swan's-neck pediment terminating in carved rosettes issuing acanthus leaves and centering a spreadwinged eagle perched on a rocaille plinth above a scallop-carved pediment over a rectangular plate surrounded by a shaped gilt frame with similar carving, flanked by carved gilt tendrils
65in. high, 296in. wide, 3in. deep
Labelled by John Elliott, Jr. (1739-1810), Philadelphia, 1796-1803
The gilded broken swan's-neck pediment terminating in carved rosettes issuing acanthus leaves and centering a spreadwinged eagle perched on a rocaille plinth above a scallop-carved pediment over a rectangular plate surrounded by a shaped gilt frame with similar carving, flanked by carved gilt tendrils
65in. high, 296in. wide, 3in. deep