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Bookcase

Object number

RIF3239

Maker

Maker Unknown
Maker, possibly by G. M.

Dimensions

92 × 55 × 17 in. (233.681 × 139.7 × 43.18 cm)

Date

1848

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Bristol, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany; sheet glass (bookcase doors)

Marks

"Bristol R I / GM / March 27, 1848," in graphite, on underside

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Christie's, New York, October 12, 2001, lot 162

Associated names

Christie's

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Prints, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (October 12, 2001), 117, lot 162, ill.