Looking glass
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Wood, glass, gesso, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall (approx.): 47 x 27 x 7 in. (119.4 x 68.6 x 17.8 cm)
Description:
Oval Chippendale looking glass in gilded frame; crestpiece with floral stalks and a boat-shaped base with pendant vines at each end that descend halfway down on each side; central oval mirror plate separated from eight surrounding sections by beaded molding, with the whole enclosed in a gadrooned oval frame; two-branch candelabrum with glass prisms attached to frame at base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Scribner Schieffelin
Object Number:
1951.424b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this is one of a pair of looking glasses from the Beekman mansion at First Avenue and 51st Street in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
27201
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Looking glass
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Wood, glass, gesso, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall (approx.): 47 x 27 x 7 in. (119.4 x 68.6 x 17.8 cm)
Description:
Oval Chippendale looking glass in gilded frame; crestpiece with floral stalks and a boat-shaped base with pendant vines at each end that descend halfway down on each side; central oval mirror plate separated from eight surrounding sections by beaded molding, with the whole enclosed in a gadrooned oval frame; two-branch candelabrum with glass prisms attached to frame at base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Scribner Schieffelin
Object Number:
1951.424a
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this is one of a pair of looking glasses from the Beekman mansion at First Avenue and 51st Street in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
27200
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dressing table
Classification:
Date:
1760-1780
Medium:
Cherry; poplar, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 1/4 x 36 x 22 1/2 in. ( 79.4 x 91.4 x 57.2 cm )
Description:
Cherry Queen Anne/Chippendale dressing table; rectangular top overhanging on all four sides with thumbnail molding on front and sides; case containing four lipped drawers, one full-width top drawer above a tier of three smaller drawers; middle drawer in lower tier with brass button pull at the base of an intaglio fan; front skirt shaped with deep reverse curves rising to double serpentine arch at center; side skirts shaped with reverse curves rising to a central arch; raised on bracketed cabriole legs terminating in pad feet.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.73
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
27192
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
High chest
Classification:
Date:
1700-1730
Medium:
Walnut, maple, pine, poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 61 3/4 x 39 3/4 x 21 in. ( 156.8 x 101 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Walnut-veneered William & Mary high chest; upper case with cyma-curve cornice molding, two drawers in line over three graduated drawers; lower case with center drawer flanked by square side drawers with arched skirt, six turned trumpet-shaped legs, flat scalloped stretchers on front and sides, straight stretcher on rear, and ball feet; brass quatrefoil mounts with teardrop pulls and escutcheons; upper case probably originally a chest of drawers, and entire piece has been heavily restored, with new legs, stretchers, top, and veneer.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Waldron P. Belknap, Sr.
Object Number:
1960.60
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1730
eMuseum Object ID:
27191
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sideboard
Classification:
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Mahogany, pine, oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 44 3/4 x 65 1/2 x 22 in. ( 113.7 x 166.4 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal sideboard; shaped top has a bowed center and shaped backboard with scrolled ends; edge of top has a triple bead molding; case has bowed central section with single drawer over open arch; central section flanked by sections with small drawer above cabinet; leaf and punch carved turret stiles with concentric circles carved across tops; stiles continue to tapered, reeded, ring-turned, legs with acanthus-carved sections; turned ball feet; tag of Duncan Phyfe's workshop affixed to back of middle drawer.
Credit Line:
Gift of Rose, Mrs. Reginald P. in memory of her mother, Mrs. Harry Horton Benkard
Object Number:
1976.43
Marks:
printed on tag: Bears label: "D. Phyfe's/cabinet Ware House/ No. 194 Fulton St./ New York"
Gallery Label:
Although this sideboard has a Duncan Phyfe trade card affixed to the back of a drawer, its decorative features suggest it was made in Salem, MA. The sideboard may have been repaired in Phyfe's workshop, or the trade card may have been added to fool prospective buyers.
Provenance:
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
27189
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sideboard
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Mahogany, poplar, pine
Dimensions:
overall (without splashboard): 44 1/2 x 69 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. ( 113 x 176.5 x 70.5 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Empire sideboard with arched splashboard; top has applied sheet brass trim; bowed center section with drawer above cabinet above open arch; center flanked by small drawers above bottle drawers with partitions inside; outermost sections have drawer above tall cupboard; turned, reeded legs with ball feet.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Ina Love Thursby
Object Number:
1944.21
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
27188
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dressing table with mirror
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Mahogany; poplar, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 66 1/2 x 36 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. ( 168.9 x 92.1 x 47 cm )
Description:
Mahogany dressing table with mirror; rectangular form with slightly overhanging top with gallery and rounded front corners, two full-width drawers of equal size (missing pulls), turned legs, and lower shelf with indented front edge; mirror with plain, rectangular frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Elsie Dwight Alling, in memory of Samuel Bayard Dod, father of Isabel G. Dod
Object Number:
1944.222ab
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this dressing table belonged to Mrs. Samuel McCulloh, maternal great-grandmother of Miss Isabel G. Dod.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
27187
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Writing table
Classification:
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Mahogany, mahogany veneer; poplar, pine; leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 3/4 x 42 x 24 in. ( 80.6 x 106.7 x 61 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Empire writing table with leather-lined writing surface; one center drawer and two drawers on each side with brass ring pulls attached to lion mask mounts (not original); raised on tapering columnar legs with reeding; front legs with paw feet, and rear legs with ball feet.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Townsend Lawrence, 1952
Object Number:
INV.14979
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this desk belonged to Mrs. Effingham Lawrence (nee Watson), great-grandmother of the donor. Mrs. Lawrence died in 1853 at the age of 89.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
27170
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Drop-leaf table
Classification:
Date:
1785-1810
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
closed: 27 x 29 3/4 in. ( 68.6 x 75.6 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal drop-leaf tea table; rectangular shape with two narrow rectangular leaves; slightly tapering squared legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1933.200
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this table belonged to Elizabeth Brown Durand, great-aunt of the donor and sister of the artist Asher B. Durand.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
27162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Slat-back rocking chair
Classification:
Date:
1750-1810
Medium:
Maple, oak, rush, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 1/4 x 25 x 24 1/4 in. ( 102.2 x 63.5 x 61.6 cm )
Description:
Maple and oak slat-back rocking chair painted black over green; three slats with rounded upper edge; baluster turned stiles topped by ovoid finials; flat arms with baluster-turned arm supports; ball-turned front stretcher. Rockers a later addition.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Edna Morse
Object Number:
1952.1
Gallery Label:
The rockers on this chair are a later addition, as is the black paint covering the original layer of green.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
27161
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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