A FEDERAL CARVED GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS

NEW YORK, 1780-1800

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A FEDERAL CARVED GILTWOOD LOOKING GLASS
new york, 1780-1800
The carved gilded spread-winged phoenix above a circular carved and blue painted medallion with masonic symbols flanked by pierced scrolled tendrils above a rectangular beaded and braided vine carved frame with square corner blocks, enclosing a conforming glass plate flanked by carved tendrils above a swag-carved pendant centering a circular blue-painted medallion centering shaking hands
48 x 21in.

Lot Essay

A related example from the Helen Temple Cooke Collection is illustrated in Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasurers, vol. I & II (New York, 1928) no. 3009.