Levy Galleries.Catalog 26

THE TOTTEN FAMILY CLASSICAL MIRROR New York Circa 1815 Primary Wood: White Pine, Secondary Wood: White Pine Height: 56 inches, Width: 39 inches

Provenance: Totten Family, Staten Island, New York; R. Button, Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island, New York; Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York; Private Collection, Harrison, New York. Reference: Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., Catalogue V, page 142. Flat glass mirrors are rare but appear in Philadelphia and New York. For a similar example at The Albany Institute please see New York Furniture Before 1840 in the Collection of the Albany Institute of History and Art , page 58.

A CLASSICAL SCROLLED ARM SETTEE New York Circa 1820 Primary Wood: Mahogany, Rosewood Secondary Wood: Ash, Tulip Poplar, White Pine Height: 29 1 / 2 inches Width: 65 inches Depth: 22 1 / 2 inches Reference: A nearly identical example is in the collection of the MFA, Boston, Accession number 68.21.

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