Lot Essay
For full account of John Elliot, Jr.'s labels (see Judith Coolidge Hughes, "The Labels of John Elliot Jr.," Antiques (April 1967), pp. 514-517.
LABELLED BY JOHN ELLIOT JR.(1739-1810), PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1784-1804
Details
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY LOOKING GLASS
Labelled by John Elliot Jr.(1739-1810), Philadelphia, circa 1784-1804
The scroll-carved crest flanked by shaped ears above a molded rectangular frame enclosing a glass plate above a shaped drop pendant flanked by scrolled ears, labeled on reverse "John Elliott, Junior"
28 x 15in.
Labelled by John Elliot Jr.(1739-1810), Philadelphia, circa 1784-1804
The scroll-carved crest flanked by shaped ears above a molded rectangular frame enclosing a glass plate above a shaped drop pendant flanked by scrolled ears, labeled on reverse "John Elliott, Junior"
28 x 15in.
Provenance
The Collection of Breckinridge Long, W.D. Morley, 1959, #1312