AN AMERICAN GEORGE III PERIOD MAHOGANY AND PARCEL GILT MIRROR

Date	1770
Period	1750-1850, 18th century
Origin	USA, New York
Medium	Mahogany, Parcel Gilt
Dimensions	111.5 x 49 cm (43⁷/₈ x 19¹/₄ inches)
Gallery	Ronald Phillips Ltd

Description
Technical

An extremely rare mid 18th century Chippendale period mahogany oval mirror, having an 18th century replaced plate within cross veneered and parcel gilt frame with foliate gilt side appliqués having ornately shaped top and apron with parcel gilding and gilt ho-ho bird cresting flanked by foliate gilt C-scroll carving.

Note: A very similar oval mirror is exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and illustrated in F. Lewis Hinckley’s book ‘Queen Anne and Georgian Looking Glasses’.

Date: 1770
Period: 1750-1850, 18th century
Origin: USA, New York
Medium: Mahogany, Parcel Gilt
Dimensions: 111.5 x 49 cm (43⁷/₈ x 19¹/₄ inches)
Literature: F. Lewis Hinckley, ‘Queen Anne and Georgian Looking Glasses’, New York, 1987, p. 161, illus. 184.
Categories: Furniture