LABELED BY JOHN ELLIOTT, JR. (1739-1810), PHILADELPHIA, 1784-1790

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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY-VENEERED LOOKING GLASS
LABELED BY JOHN ELLIOTT, JR. (1739-1810), PHILADELPHIA, 1784-1790
the backboard bears a printed paper label beginning with JOHN ELLIOTT, JUNR/ On the West Side of Front Street, between Chestnut and Walnut Streets...
45 ¾ in. high, 24 in. wide

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Lot Essay

Bearing an address on the "West side of Front Street," the printed label on the reverse of this looking glass was used by John Elliott, Jr. (1739-1810) between 1784 and 1790, when he was still working in the shop of his father, John Elliott, Sr. (1713-1791) (see Judith Coolidge Hughes, "The Labels of John Elliott, Jr.," The Magazine Antiques (April 1967), p. 517. For a similar looking glass with the same label, see Christie's, New York, 14 October 1999, lot 189.

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