Stand
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Wood, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 44 x 20 3/4 x 16 5/8 in. ( 111.8 x 52.7 x 42.2 cm )
Description:
Wooden Eastlake style stand with incised decoration with gilding; square top with semi-circular extensions on two opposing sides and baldachin skirt; supported on trestle base with sloping sides joined by shaped apron panels and a turned stretcher; trestle supported on four carved, planar paw feet that descend from corner moldings.
Object Number:
Z.934
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
26990
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Parlor suite (5 pieces)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1855
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Description:
Rosewood Rococo Revival parlor suite with original yellow silk damask upholstery; includes sofa, two armchairs, and two side chairs, each with laminated back with pierced and elaborately carved crest rail with flower and scroll decoration; carved, serpentine seat rail; molded front legs with casters, and rounded rear legs with casters (except on side chairs).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Jean Morron and Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Burch, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Morron
Object Number:
1951.281a-e
Gallery Label:
The Morrons are descendents of Joseph W. Meeks.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
26968
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Looking glass
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Wood, glass, gesso, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall (approx.): 75 x 28 x 5 in. (190.5 x 71.1 x 12.7 cm)
Description:
Vertical oblong looking glass with ornate, heavily modeled gilded frame with scalloped inner edge with scroll border, oval piercings, and decoration consisting of scrolling leaves and three-dimensional fruits and blossoms.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck, in memory of Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1956.132
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this looking glass was used in the Verplanck mansion on Wall Street, in New York City. A matching looking glass was given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
26957
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Banjo clock
Classification:
Date:
1895-1900
Medium:
Mahogany, pine, brass, glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 x 10 1/4 x 4 in. ( 101.6 x 26 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal-style banjo clock; circular painted dial plate with Roman numerals with conforming circular mahogany hood with gilded metal eagle finial; tapered waist with eglomisé panel with polychrome scrollwork and applied pierced brass side arms; rectangular base with eglomisé panel with view of Mount Vernon; beneath are nine balls and a fan-shaped fluted plinth with acron pendant; pendulum missing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederic Griffith
Object Number:
1953.329
Gallery Label:
This is a reproduction of a Federal-period banjo clock.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Doll's chest of drawers
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 26 x 9 3/4 in. ( 45.7 x 66 x 24.8 cm )
Description:
Rosewood veneered chest of drawers; shallow top drawer above three deeper drawers of equal size, each with a pair of knob pulls; lower drawers framed by turned half-columns applied to front of case on either side (now missing on proper left); raised on plain, rectangular base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1936.603
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this small chest of drawers was used by the donor's mother, Angelina Burr Corse (b. 1847), for storing dolls' clothes.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
26954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box on stand
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 21.9 x 26 x 14 cm )
Description:
Wooden storage box on stand, with canted sides tapering in to top of stand, dovetailed joints, ball-and-ring turned legs connected by stretcher, and ball feet; detachable lid with cornice.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.5233ab
Marks:
Adhesive sticker (Nadelman collection) on underside: "232 / Fr"
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
26952
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Library bookcase
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 104 x 96 1/4 x 22 1/2 in. ( 264.2 x 244.5 x 57.2 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal library bookcase in two units consisting of bookcase and base; three-part bookcase with cornice with cove molding and projecting center section with glass doors with mullions in elliptical pattern with carved central floral rosettes and quarter-round panels with foliate carving in each corner; three-part bottom section with projecting center section with glass doors with mullion in diamond pattern with carved central floral rosettes and quarter-round panels with foliate carving in each corner; brass hardware including rims down front of doors; base molding; movable shelves.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr.
Object Number:
1961.62
Marks:
pencil: top of center section; "James [or] Jacob Townsend"
Gallery Label:
Stylistically this library bookcase resembles furniture made in New York, but a pencil inscription on the top of the bottom case reads either "James Townsend," possibly of Newport, RI or "Jacob Townsend," who worked on Long Island.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
26950
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pier table
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1800-1810
Medium:
Mahogany, oak, marble, metal, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 x 57 x 22 in. ( 96.5 x 144.8 x 55.9 cm )
Place Made:
Europe, France
Credit Line:
Bequest of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
X.527
Gallery Label:
This French Empire table emulates a style similar to furniture made in New York by French émigré cabinetmaker Charles-Honoré Lannuier (1779-1819). When Robert R. Livingston returned to the Hudson Valley after his tenure in Paris, he took with him a passion for French furniture and design, and decorated his estate with the spoils of his journey. This pier table may have resided in the dining room at Clermont, along with other elegant French furnishings.
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
26940
Sort order:
17
Exclude from TMS update:
Exclude from TMS update
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Camera stand
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 32 in. ( 72.4 x 49.5 x 81.3 cm )
Description:
Adjustable camera stand with rectangular top that may be angled and adjusted for height; rectangular base with canted corners supported by four curving, planar legs on casters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Major Augustus Post
Object Number:
1948.98
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this camera stand was used at the fencing school of Louis Senac.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
26935
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side Chair of Parlour Suite
Classification:
Date:
1850-1855
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 25 3/8 in. ( 99.7 x 47 x 64.5 cm )
Description:
Rosewood Rococo Revival side chair with original yellow silk damask upholstery; laminated back with pierced and elaborately carved crest rail with flower and scroll decoration; shield-shaped upholstered back; carved, serpentine crest rail; molded cabriole front legs and rounded rear legs with serpentine profile, with front legs ending in casters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Jean Morron and Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Burch, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Morron
Object Number:
1951.281e
Gallery Label:
The Morrons are descendents of Joseph W. Meeks.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
26934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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