Window Cornice 1868-70 Attributed to John Jelliff American This window cornice, one of three in the Museums collection (see 68.143.9-.10), originally furnished the sitting room, or rear parlor, of the mansion built for Jedediah Wilcox at 816 Broad Street in Meriden, Connecticut. Completed in 1870, the house was heralded as one of the states grandest residences. The rooms en suite rosewood furnishings, which included upholstered seating furniture (68.133.1-.5) and an overmantel mirror (68.134.11), were embellished with mother-of-pearl medallions featuring a ladys head in profile and incised and gilded decoration. The suite has been attributed to John Jelliff and Co. of Newark, New Jersey, based on a nearly identical armchair in the collection of the Newark Museum of Art and its accompanying bill of sale from the Jelliff firm. Although Jelliff and Co. operated a showroom in Newark, they also retailed their furniture across the country through a variety of regional wholesalers. Wilcox