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Looking glass

Object number

RIF3565

Maker

Maker, possibly by Peter Grinnell and Son, active 1809?1828

Dimensions

37 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (94.615 × 39.37 cm)

Date

ca. 1815–ca. 1820

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Providence, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Gilded white pine (primary); white pine (backboards); silvered and reverse-painted glass

Style

Chippendale, Federal

Provenance

Ronald S. Kane; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 22, 1994, lot 393. Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts, March 24, 1996, lot 351

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.
Christie's
Ronald S. Kane

See also

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture and Decorative Arts: The Ronald S. Kane Collection, sale cat. (January 22, 1994), lot 393, ill.
Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (March 24, 1996), 81, lot 351, ill.