Trunk
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Wood, paper, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 40 x 23 in. ( 53.3 x 101.6 x 58.4 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden trunk with flat top; paper-covered exterior with brown printed squares or rectangles immitating wood panels; metal reinforcements; interior lining of white paper printed with green leaves.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs Edward Rutledge
Object Number:
Z.912
Gallery Label:
A tag tied to this trunk reads "GIFT OF MRS. EDWARD RUTLEDGE/ 1954"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
27160
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trunk
Classification:
Date:
1868-1880
Medium:
Wood, metal, textile, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 39 1/2 x 23 in. ( 68.6 x 100.3 x 58.4 cm )
Description:
Wooden trunk covered in canvas and reinforced with metal bands and corners; interior covered in white paper with blue triangle design; removable tray inside supported by wood and textile mesh; travel stickers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge
Object Number:
Z.911
Marks:
printed: on sticker affixed to trunk: "PARIS A LONDRES/ Charing Cross/ (Via CALAIS)"
printed: on sticker affixed to trunk: "FROM THE/ NORTH-WESTERN HOTEL, LIME STREET/ LIVERPOOL."
printed: on sticker affixed to trunk: "N.Y.C. 7 H.R. R.R." and spaced to
Gallery Label:
A tag tied to this trunk reads "GIFT OF MRS. EDWARD RUTLEDGE/ 1954"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
27157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Looking glass
Classification:
Date:
1750-1780
Medium:
Walnut, glass, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall (approx.): 52 x 28 x 2 in. (132.1 x 71.1 x 5.1 cm)
Description:
Rectangular Chippendale looking glass with walnut veneer frame; broken scroll pediment with carved and gilded molding and incised and gilded floral motif centering a carved and gilded scroll finial; mirror plate with undulating molded border with gilding; edges of sides and base intricately shaped, with carved and gilded openwork applied to either side and incised and gilded floral motif on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Screven Lorillard
Object Number:
1952.439
Gallery Label:
This looking glass was once part of the collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
27149
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Looking glass
Classification:
Date:
1790-1810
Medium:
Wood, glass, paint, gesso, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 66 x 26 3/4 x 5 in. ( 167.6 x 67.9 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Pillar looking glass in gilded double frame; crest consisting of carved and gilded eagle perched on an open triangular base flanked by urns containing stalks of wheat atop indented cornice with 19 gilded balls suspended from underside; verre églomisé upper panel with interlocked cornucopias in almond-shaped frame at center surrounded by lacy border, and verre églomisé applied to face of block beneath either side of cornice; two colonettes at either side with foliate capital, bundled shaft, and turned base applied to background of verre églomisé; molding set between blocks with applied shell ornament at bottom of mirror frame.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.96
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this looking glass belonged to James Beekman (1732-1807), great-grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
27147
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sideboard
Classification:
Date:
1790-1810
Medium:
Mahogany, poplar, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 42 1/2 x 75 1/2 x 29 in. ( 108 x 191.8 x 73.7 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal sideboard; top slightly overhangs case; case has straight front with ovolo ends; cross-banded edges; case divided into three vertical sections; center has wide drawer flanked by two small square drawers above recessed center cabinet flanked by bottle drawers; curved outed segments each have a drawer above a cupboard; decorated with inlaid stringing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edwin Ward in memory of Mr. Ward's mother, Anna Stannard Ward
Object Number:
1955.48
Marks:
engraved: on metal plaque affixed to front: "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edwin Ward/ in memory of/ Mr. Ward's mother, Anna Stannard Ward"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this sideboard was originally owned by Joseph Wilcox, a Revolutionary soldier. It was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Jared Carter between 1820 and 1830, and was passed on to their daughter, Polly Carter Stannard (Mrs. Carter Stannard) in 1893. The sideboard then passed on to her daughter, Anna T, Stannard Ward (Mrs. Charles T. Ward), the mother of the donor, on December 30, 1900.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
27135
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Card table
Classification:
Date:
1835-1845
Medium:
Mahogany; oak, pine, poplar
Dimensions:
closed: 30 x 36 x 18 in. ( 76.2 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Empire card table; square pivot top with molded edge, with halves joined by three leaf-edge tenons, above a rounded apron; pedestal consisting of hexagonal vase-shaped pillar and plinth bolted to oblong abacus base with four scroll feet on casters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.120
Gallery Label:
This table belonged to the donor's great-grandmother, Esther Boorman (Mrs. Robert C.) Smith (1781-1868), who resided at One Fifth Avenue in New York City. The attribution to cabinetmaker Joseph Meeks is based on the similarity of this table to one in a Joseph Meeks and Sons advertising broadside printed in 1833.
Bibliography:
Catherine Hoover Voorsanger and John K. Howat, eds. Art and the Empire City: New York, 1825-1861. Yale University Press for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000 (p. 517).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
27134
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cradle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1756
Medium:
Pine, oak; pine; leather, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 1/4 x 27 3/4 x 47 1/4 in. ( 81.9 x 70.5 x 120 cm )
Description:
Leather-covered pine and oak cradle with edges outlined with brass studs; curved hood with double serpentine-shaped front board; double serpentine-shaped foot board; three brass handles, one on either side and one at foot; raised on shaped rockers.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1776[dup]
Marks:
in brass studs: on top of hood: "M. R. / 1756"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1756
eMuseum Object ID:
27133
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1795-1805
Medium:
Birch
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 19 3/4 x 16 in. ( 91.4 x 50.2 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Painted Federal side chair; square back elevated above seat with polychrome urn-shaped center splat flanked by two marbleized column-shaped stiles; trapezoidal seat with original or old caning; tapered square legs with side and medial stretchers; frame painted black with green and yellow trim with polychrome rosettes and floral sprays on the crest and stiles of the back and front seat rail.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1945.348
Gallery Label:
This chair is adapted from plate 36 of Thomas Sheraton's "Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book" of 1793 and is part of a group of related chairs attributed to John Seymour II (1738-1818) or John Seymour III (1765?-1793). Differences suggest that there were three separate sets, one of which was possibly made for Nathanial Silsbee of Salem, MA.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
27129
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Blanket Chest
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1825
Medium:
Pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. ( 43.8 x 74.3 x 31.8 cm )
Description:
Sponge-painted chest; rectangular hinged lid with thumbnail molding; yellow-painted background with brown sponge-painted floral motifs within a diamond-shaped reserve; top and sides with scratch-carved pinwheel motif and sponge painting; applied base molding, shaped front and side skirts, bracket feet.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1299
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
27114
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table
Classification:
Date:
1660-1695
Medium:
Oak, maple, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 23 in. ( 62.2 x 95.3 x 58.4 cm )
Description:
Rectangular table with pine top (old, but not original) on maple and oak base; shaped apron; block-and-reel-turned legs with reels like the threads of a screw; reel-turned front and back stretchers joined at vertical mid-point of legs, and reel-turned side stretchers joined near bottom of legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1947.258
Gallery Label:
The distinctive reel turnings of the base are similar to those found on two dressing tables, now at Winterthur and the Art Institute of Chicago, believed to have been made in the vicinity of Salem, Massachusetts.
Provenance:
The donor acquired the table from Ralph Warren Burnham of Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1695
eMuseum Object ID:
27113
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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