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Looking glass

Object number

RIF5151

Maker

Maker Peter Grinnell and Son, active 1809?1828

Dimensions

43 × 24 in. (109.22 × 60.96 cm)

Date

ca. 1812–ca. 1815

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Gilded pine (primary); pine (secondary)

Marks

"PETER GRINNELL & SON, / PROVIDENCE, / Nearly opposite the Providence Bank, / HAVE FOR SALE, / An Assortment of elegant Gilt and Mahogany Framed / LOOKING GLASSES. / ALSO, / WINDOE-GLASS, of every size; large SHEET GLASS, which / they cut to any pattern; PAINTS, of all kinds; LINSEED, LAMP / and WHALE OIL ; BAR and SHEET LEAD, with a good assort / ment of / SHIP-CHANDLERY. / PORTRAIT, EMBROIDERY, and all kinds of PICTURE and / LOOKING-GLASS FRAMING executed in the neatest manner. / LIKEWISE, / OIL and BURNISH GILDING, HOUSE, SHIP, SIGN and ORNA / MENTAL PAINTING.," printed in black ink, on a paper label glued to backboard

Style

Chippendale, Sheraton, Federal

Provenance

Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 1988

Associated names

Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc.

Bibliography

Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., Gallery Catalogue (New York: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., 1974–2020), vol. 6, p. 206.
William C. Ketchum Jr., American Cabinetmakers: Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940 (New York: Crown Publishers, 1995), 145–147, ill.