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Photo: Courtesy Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York
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Looking glass |
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Object numberRIF1913 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/33–1809Maker, probably by James Stokes, American, 1755–1831 |
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DimensionsHeight: 50 in. (127 cm) Width: 23 1/2 in. (59.69 cm) |
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Date1791–1800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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MarksNone |
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ProvenanceBernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 1995 |
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Associated namesBernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc. |
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NotesAlthough this looking glass is similar to the example at Winterthur (RIF245) with a John Townsend label, that label is now believed to be fake. The looking glass is most similar to those labeled by Philadelphia looking glass maker James Stokes (ca.1755–1831). See, for instance, the example at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. no. 1994.421. Source: Martha Willoughby, notes to lot 588, Christie's, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, and Silver, New York, January 20, 2017. |
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See also |
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Bibliography"Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 147, no. 4 (April 1995): 473, ill. |
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