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A FEDERAL GILTWOOD OVERMANTLE EGLOMISE PANEL LOOKING-GLASS
NEW YORK, 1800-1815
The molded cornice with outset corners and gilt spheres above a frieze flanked by carved rosettes centering a lozenge motif and a carved shell over three eglomisé panels, the central panel with scene of a harbor with sailing vessels and buildings flanked by floral panels above three panes of glass partitioned by cluster columns, all flanked by cluster columns with feather-carved capitals, over a frieze with continuous lozenge motif centered by carved rosettes (loss to gilding and gesso)--45 1/4in. high, 56 1/2in. wide
NEW YORK, 1800-1815
The molded cornice with outset corners and gilt spheres above a frieze flanked by carved rosettes centering a lozenge motif and a carved shell over three eglomisé panels, the central panel with scene of a harbor with sailing vessels and buildings flanked by floral panels above three panes of glass partitioned by cluster columns, all flanked by cluster columns with feather-carved capitals, over a frieze with continuous lozenge motif centered by carved rosettes (loss to gilding and gesso)--45 1/4in. high, 56 1/2in. wide