probably New York, circa 1800, original mirror plate, book matched crotch mahogany veneers, urn finial issuing sprigs of wheat and flowers, rosette and leaf streamers to sides, scrolled broken pediment terminating in rosettes, crest and lower section centered with inlaid oval cartouches, the lower section of frame with scrolled carvings, 60-1/2 x 24-7/8 x 1-3/8 in.
Provenance: Israel Sack Inc., New York, NY, April 1996 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $45,000); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Literature: Deanne Levison, "Living with Antiques: A Collection on the Chesapeake Bay", The Magazine Antiques (December 2001), p. 809, pl. X.
Note: In American Furniture, The Federal Period in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Charles F. Montgomery notes that this type [of mirror] is the most distinguished of all looking glasses made or used in the United States in the Federal period (p. 262).
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Israel Sack Inc., New York, NY, April 1996 (accompanied by copy of receipt for $45,000); Estate of Richard and Shirley Roberts, Virginia Beach, Virginia
original mirror plate with clouding throughout, typical repairs to scrolled carvings, checking to veneers throughout, scattered minor retouch to gilt, flowers to baskets with a few minor chips to petals, warping to crest and bottom with later support bars
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