Chippendale Walnut and Parcel-gilt Mirror,

Description:

Chippendale Walnut and Parcel-gilt Mirror, England, mid-18th century, the gilt-gessoed carved phoenix on a leafy branch above the scrolled frame with applied gilt leafy floral and fruit devices with gilt-incised liner framing the beveled glass, (restoration),ht. 44, wd. 20 1/2 in.

Provenance: Estate of George Nixon Black; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Israel Sack, New York; Mark Bortman, Boston; on loan at Lady Pepperill House, Kittery Point, Maine; heirs of Mark Bortman.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

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