Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Dressing glass
	Object number RIF5455
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 22 3/4 � 18 � 9 1/2 in. (57.79 � 45.72 � 24.13 cm)
	Date 1770–1800
	Current location Stanley Weiss Collection
	Geography Made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany and light and dark wood inlay (primary); pine (drawer linings and backing board for mirror glass)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions "R," in chalk, exterior of one drawer back; "L" ( or inverted "V"), in chalk, exterior of another drawer back
	Provenance Mary and Sarah Andrews, Ashaway, Rhode Island; purchased by Joseph K. Ott (1929–1994), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his wife Anne Northrup Ott (1929–2015), Providence, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 20, 2012, lot 143. Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 9–10, 2013, lot 76. The Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, Rhode Island
	Associated names Joseph K. Ott Anne Northrop Ott Mary Andrews Sarah Andrews Christie's Northeast Auctions
	Construction The serpentine front, straight-sided single-board top is joined to the single-board sides with half-blind dovetails. The conforming case below has three small drawers, each with line-inlaid edges and a turned mahogany knob. The flanking drawers are convex; the center drawer is concave and bears an inlaid shield-shaped escutcheon. The single-board back is attached to the case with brads. A cove-molded base connects the case to ogee bracket feet. The drawer sides have square tops, as do their backs, flush with the tops of the drawer fronts, which have large, thin-necked dovetails with half-pins above. The single board drawer bottoms are flat and perpendicular to the drawer fronts. They fit into rabbets in the drawer sides and are attached with brads to the drawer sides, fronts and backs. The top and bottom rails and drawer dividers are attached to the case with blind joints. Two molded tapering stiles with bases shaped in the rear are let into the case top and fitted with brass hardware, a cartouche-shaped pendant turning a screw to adjust the mirror at the stiles? midpoints, and a small urn at their pinnacles. Between the stiles is a rectangular mirror whose crossbanded frame has an inlaid border. The mirror back comprises vertical boards (one missing) held in place with brads. Examined by P. E. Kane, January 14, 2012; notes compiled by T. B. Lloyd.
	Bibliography "A Chippendale Inlaid Mahogany Dressing Glass," http://www.christies.com/lotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5526237 (accessed January 5, 2012). Christie's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott, sale cat. (January 20, 2012), 40, lot 143, ill. Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., Important Weekend Auction, sale cat. (March 9–10, 2013), 27, lot 76.