A CHIPPENDALE WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT LOOKING GLASS

PROBABLY NORTHERN CONTINENTAL, 1760-1780

Details
A CHIPPENDALE WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT LOOKING GLASS
Probably Northern Continental, 1760-1780
The arched crest edge with gilded C-scrolled and foliate-carved embellishments above a tympanum centering an applied foliate and C-scroll-carved device over a rectangular molded frame with gilded molded surrounds enclosing a conforming glass plate above a shaped pendant centering an applied C-scroll carved embellishment
38 x 16in.
Provenance
Jess Pavey, Birmingham, 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 (April 1966), p. 577.