ENGLISH, 1760-1780; RETAILED BY JOHN ELLIOT, SR., PHILADELPHIA
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A CHIPPENDALE WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT LOOKING GLASS
English, 1760-1780; retailed by John Elliot, Sr., Philadelphia
The scroll-carved crest with giltwood foliate carved edging centering a giltwood carved ribbed urn issuing carved fruit flanked by scroll-carved ears above a scalloped-shaped frame with molded gilded surrounds enclosing a conforming glass plate flanked by foliate and fruit-carved pendants above a scroll-carved pendant base edged with foliate-incised embellishments, branded "J. ELLIOTT" on reverse
45 x 23in.
English, 1760-1780; retailed by John Elliot, Sr., Philadelphia
The scroll-carved crest with giltwood foliate carved edging centering a giltwood carved ribbed urn issuing carved fruit flanked by scroll-carved ears above a scalloped-shaped frame with molded gilded surrounds enclosing a conforming glass plate flanked by foliate and fruit-carved pendants above a scroll-carved pendant base edged with foliate-incised embellishments, branded "J. ELLIOTT" on reverse
45 x 23in.
Provenance
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, Michigan, 1945
Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Hansen, Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Hansen, Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Literature
Lita Solis-Cohen, "Living with antiques: The Bryn Mawr home of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Dawson Coleman," Antiques, p. 577.
Sale room notice
Please note this lot should read branded by S. Elliott not J. Elliott as previously stated.