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Looking glass |
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Object numberRIF1911 |
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MakerMaker Nicholas Geffroy, 1761?1839Alternate name(s): Nicholas Giffroy |
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DimensionsHeight: 20 5/8 in. (52.388 cm) Width: 11 1/4 in. (28.575 cm) |
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Date18001810 |
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Current locationThe Rhode Island Historical Society |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany and mahogany veneer (primary); pine (frame and back board) |
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MarksNicholas Geffroy paper label glued to the back of the looking glass |
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InscriptionsNone |
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StyleChippendale, Empire |
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ProvenanceMr. Alvin Deutsch and Mrs. Alvin Deutsch (née Davida Tenenbaum), New York; given to the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence |
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Associated namesAlvin DeutschDavida Tenenbaum Deutsch |
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BibliographyEleanor H. Gustafson, "Museum Accessions," Antiques 118, no. 3 (September 1980): 418, ill. |