NEW YORK, 1790-1810

This mahogany looking glass successfully exhibits the transition from the Chippendale to the Federal styles. With its pendant floral tendrils, elaborate fret carved frame, with an urn sprouting wheat sprays at the top and string inlay along the lower panel, this mirror employs the decorative motifs of both Rococo and Classical design. For related examples see Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture (New York, 1993), p.228; John L. Scherer, New York Furniture: The Federal Period 1788-1825 (New York, 1988), p. 12; David Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses (New Haven, 1992), fig. 175.