Photo: Courtesy Israel Sack, Inc., Archive, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Looking glass, one of a pair |
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Object numberRIF1562 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 49 in. (124.46 cm) Width: 20 1/4 in. (51.435 cm) |
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Date17901800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); chestnut (backboards) |
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ProvenanceConstant Bailey (17171801), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent in his family; sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York, by 1966 |
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Associated namesConstant BaileyDescendants of Constant Bailey Diplomatic Reception Rooms, Department of State Israel Sack, Inc. |
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BibliographyAmerican Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 195789), vol. 2, p. 363, no. 913, ill. |