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Photo: Courtesy New York Historical Society Museum, Bequest of Irving S. Olds, 1963.78
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Looking glass

Object number

RIF4483

Maker

Maker Peter Grinnell and Sons, 1828?1865

Dimensions

27 3/4 × 15 1/2 × 2 in. (70.485 × 39.37 × 5.08 cm)

Date

1828–40

Current location

New-York Historical Society Museum

Geography

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

Medium

Wood, glass, gilding, paint

Marks

"Peter Grinell & Sons / Providence, R.I." label on reverse of looking glass

Style

Chippendale, Federal

Provenance

Irving S. Olds (1887–1963), New York; bequeathed to the New-York Historical Society, 1963

Associated names

Irving S. Olds