Hutch table
Classification:
Date:
1720-1760
Medium:
Pine, oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 1/2 x 30 5/8 x 31 1/2 in. ( 64.8 x 77.8 x 80 cm )
Description:
Hutch table with circular top that lifts up to reveal rectangular storage area; shaped apron at front; top braced by two battens attached to box by two rods; trestle base consists of two solid planks cut in curves below storage area and set into solid feet with rounded ends; rectangular stretcher joining feet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1944.203
Gallery Label:
Hutch tables were space savers, doubling as tables and storage bins. The oak battens and spindles on this example may be later replacements. According to the accession records, this table was purchased by the donor from C. M. Traver Co.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1760
eMuseum Object ID:
27037
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Maple, pine, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 29 3/4 x 23 1/4 in. ( 68.6 x 75.6 x 59.1 cm )
Description:
Maple table with traces of black paint; oval top made of two boards with butterfly joints; plain apron and four rounded, slightly raked legs.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.935
Marks:
handwritten in pencil: on collector's label affixed to underside of table: "1639 / Amer"
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
27034
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
One from a set of six side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 19 x 23 in. ( 91.4 x 48.3 x 58.4 cm )
Description:
Laminated rosewood Rococo Revival side chair with gold-colored cotton upholstery (not original); kidney-bean-shaped upholstered back with molded frame surmounted by carved crest with fruit and floral decoration; flower between two leaves carved at center of front seat rail; cabriole front legs with floral carving on knees and rounded rear legs with serpentine profile, all on casters.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.9g
Gallery Label:
This chair is from a parlor suite made for the donor's grandfather, Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865), a New York City resident. It then passed to Isaac John Greenwood II (1833-1911) and was inherited by the donor.
Provenance:
Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865); to his son Isaac John Greenwood II (1833-1911); to the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
27022
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
One from a set of six side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 19 x 24 in. ( 91.4 x 48.3 x 61 cm )
Description:
Laminated rosewood Rococo Revival side chair with beige corded velvet upholstery (not original); kidney-bean-shaped upholstered back with molded frame surmounted by carved crest with fruit and floral decoration; flower between two leaves carved at center of front seat rail; cabriole front legs with floral carving on knees and rounded rear legs with serpentine profile, all on casters.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.9f
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this piece is from a parlor suite made for her grandfather, Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865), a New York City resident. It then passed to Isaac John Greenwood II (1833-1911) and was inherited by the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
27019
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
One of a pair of armchairs
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 42 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 30 1/4 in. ( 108.6 x 59.7 x 76.8 cm )
Description:
Laminated rosewood "Henry Clay pattern" Rococo Revival armchair with gold-colored cotton upholstery (not original); kidney-bean-shaped upholstered back with molded frame surmounted by carved crest with fruit and floral decoration; serpentine front seat rail with floral carving at center; cabriole front legs with floral carving on knees and rounded rear legs with serpentine profile, all on casters.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.9d
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this piece is from a parlor suite made for her grandfather, Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865), a New York City resident. It then passed to Isaac John Greenwood II (1833-1911) and was inherited by the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
27016
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sofa, 1 of a pair
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1801-1805
Medium:
Mahogany, beech, ash; textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 x 73 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. ( 101.6 x 186.7 x 64.8 cm )
Place Made:
North America, U.S.A., New York
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
INV.14803
Gallery Label:
This sofa is one of a pair probably made for Margaret and Robert L. Livingston. The second from the set of two, it is upholstered with tapestry purchased while the couple was in France with her father, Robert R. Livingston, during his time as United States minister there. The pair of sofas, which do not match exactly, still retain their original upholstery.
Date End:
1804
eMuseum Object ID:
27013
Sort order:
15
Exclude from TMS update:
Exclude from TMS update
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dressing table
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1795-1810
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
Dimensions:
Overall: 65 1/4 x 47 x 22 in. ( 165.7 x 119.4 x 55.9 cm )
Place Made:
North America, U.S.A., New York
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
INV.14982
Marks:
Written on lower right hand drawer: "Livingston"
Gallery Label:
This lady's cabinet dressing table was possibly made on the occasion of the Chancellor's daughter, Margaret Maria Livingston's, wedding in July 1799. The veneer swags were a distinctly New York motif, yet the design of the form was borrowed from a plate in Thomas Sheraton’s Cabinet Maker’s and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, published in London in 1793. Although England and the United States were politically opposed, the design of the dressing table illustrates that stylistic and material exchanges between the two were frequent.
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
27006
Sort order:
16
Exclude from TMS update:
Exclude from TMS update
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wall clock with barometer
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Oak, brass, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 41 x 11 1/2 x 3 in. ( 104.1 x 29.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Oak Eastlake-style wall clock and barometer; at top is a circular brass clock with polished steel dial plate with arabic numerals mounted on oak frame with rounded scroll top; long waist with detachable glass-fronted case with thermometer (broken) and side columns and applied scrollwork; on square base is a circular brass barometer with polished steel dial plate above fan-shaped plinth; case decorated with incised and applied Eastlake bosses and carving; some carved elements missing.
Object Number:
INV.257
Marks:
inscribed: clock dial "CHELSEA/ NEGUS/ NEW YORK"
inscribed: barometer dial; "T.S. & J.D. NEGUS/ NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
27004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cradle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Mahogany, pine, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/4 x 25 1/4 x 45 1/2 in. ( 71.8 x 64.1 x 115.6 cm )
Description:
Mahogany cradle with hood with faceted top, cut-out handles on either side, broken serpentine-shaped foot board, and mattress with cotton ticking and raw cotton stuffing; raised on shaped rockers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Georgina Romain Nichols (Mrs. James Wallace Nichols)
Object Number:
1948.33
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, Mrs. George McLaughlin (Harriett Taylor, ca. 1813-1873) of New York City, grandmother of the donor, rocked her daughter Harriett T. McLaughlin (1843-1907) in this cradle.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
27001
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cabinet
Classification:
Date:
1740-1780
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/4 x 21 x 9 3/8 in. ( 71.8 x 53.3 x 23.8 cm )
Description:
Wooden Rococo-style two-door cabinet with sixteen pigeon holes inside; on front, serpentine edge of upper rail extends above top of case; doors with panel and frame construction; raised on rectangular legs.
Object Number:
Z.940
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
26999
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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