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Lot 469 Property from a Private New Jersey Collection
A CLASSICAL GILTWOOD GIRONDOLE MIRROR
PROBABLY ENGLISH, CIRCA 1820
Closed18 January 2008
Price Realised
USD 23,750
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Specialist note
As determined by microanalysis, this mirror is made of spruce and basswood. Though these woods do occur occasionally in American furniture of the period, the label on the backboard refers to a gilder in Newcastle and suggests an English origin. See David L. Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses (New Haven, 1992), pp. 203, 295.