Lot Essay
A comparable looking-glass labelled by James Henry Reynolds of Philadelphia is illustrated in Joseph Downs, American Furniture: The Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, (New York, 1952), fig. 264.
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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY LOOKING GLASS
AMERICAN OR ENGLISH, 1760-1780
The scrolled and shaped crest centering an inset gilt phoenix flanked by shaped ears above a rectangular glass with carved, molded and parcel-gilt surround over a shaped pendant base--46in. high, 19in. wide
AMERICAN OR ENGLISH, 1760-1780
The scrolled and shaped crest centering an inset gilt phoenix flanked by shaped ears above a rectangular glass with carved, molded and parcel-gilt surround over a shaped pendant base--46in. high, 19in. wide