Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800 Drawings & Prints 5" deep (framed)

5" deep (framed)

with James Fenton's mark and the letter "X" for 1872 and the anchor for Birmingham

This most unusual chair by Robert Mitchell (formerly Mitchell and Rammelsberg) follows a Savanarola form of the 15th Century chairs of the Italian Renaissance and has it roots from the chairs of ancient Rome

The George II lowboy having an overhanging top

circa 1810

Antique Silk Broadside An Elegiac Poem Death of President George Washington 1800 Drawings & Prints 5" deep (framed)An important & rare antique American political printed silk broadside, an elegy on the death of President George Washington, dated 1800. A poem on the Death of President George Washington January 1, 1800, see "Threads of History" No. 18, Shown P. 56. January 1, 1800 Dated Federal Period, Memorial Poem Silk Broadside, Printed in black on fine off white Silk, entitled: "An Elegiac Poem on the Death of General George Washington Commander in Chief of the