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On Display: House - Centreville Room
Looking glass or mirror
John Elliott Sr.
1758-1762
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Elliott Sr. (Artist)
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Spruce
- Larch
- Glass
Museum Object Number
1960.0734
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1960.0734
Object Name
Looking glass or mirror
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
John Elliott Sr. (Artist)
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1758-1762
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: On backboard
Inscription: printed paper bilingual label pasted on backboard (partially mutilated) reads: "At his Looking-Glass Store, the Sign of the Bell and/ Looking-Glass, in Chestnut-Street Philadelphia/ (illegible) and sells all Sorts of Eng[lish] Looking-Glasses/[at the] lowest Rates/[obliterated]/He also new Quicksilvers and frames old Glasses/and [su]pply's People with new Glass to their own Fram[e]".
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Spruce
- Larch
- Glass
Dimensions (inches)
32.5 (H) x 15.125 (W) x 1 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
82.55 (H) x 38.418 (W) x 2.54 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Prime, Alfred Coxe. 1924 John Elliott: Cabinet and Looking-Glass Maker of Philadelphia,. Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum. 19 (85)
Thesis: Hayward, Mary Ellen. 1971 The Elliotts of Philadelphia : emphasis on the looking glass trade, 1755-1810. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture