Back stool
Classification:
Date:
1730-60
Medium:
Walnut, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 x 23 x 22 1/2 in. ( 96.5 x 58.4 x 57.2 cm )
Description:
Walnut and textile Queen Anne back stool; tall back curving outward at top with concave crest rail; compass-shaped seat with upholstered slip seat; cabriole front legs with pad feet, square chamfered rear legs, and turned side and medial stretcher; back and seat upholstered in needlepoint with brass tacks along edge of back; evidence of castors on underside of feet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.80
Gallery Label:
A relatively common English form, American back stools are rare, but were known to have been made in Rhode Island and Massachussetts. The upholstery is likely not original.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1730
eMuseum Object ID:
26543
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1760-1800
Medium:
Maple
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 1/4 x 21 3/4 x 16 in. ( 102.2 x 55.2 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Maple, Queen Anne side chair; straight back with yoke-shaped crest, turned stiles, and vase-shaped splat (possibly cherry); trapezoidal rush seat (modern) with corner blocks; turned front legs with pad feet, turned front stretcher with two balls and reel, four plain side stretchers and one plain rear stretcher.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1943.428a
Gallery Label:
This chair is typical of chairs produced in New York in the 18th and early 19th century. Also known as Hudson Valley chairs, York chairs, and Dutch chairs, they would have originally been painted red or black.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
26542
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1 of Pair of Armchairs
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Beech, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 x 25 x 25 in. ( 99.1 x 63.5 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Louis XV-style upholstered armchair ("fauteuil"); crest rail with floral carving; outward-turning arms with carved detail; upholstered seat and back, and padded arms; cabriole legs.
Credit Line:
Bequest of A.E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.383a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26530
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sliper chair
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 42 x 17 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. ( 106.7 x 45.1 x 55.2 cm )
Description:
Rosewood Gothic Revival side chair; high back with pierced triangular crest rail with elaborate scroll decoration, oval panel with green damask upholstery, and turned stiles with spire-like finials; square seat with carved front rail and green damask upholstery; short, turned legs joined by turned side and medial stretchers; front legs with casters.
Credit Line:
Gift of DeWitt M. Lockman
Object Number:
1946.23
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair was part of a set used at Castle Garden by the Heiser Family, possibly at the time of Jenny Lind's concerts there.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
26526
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Armchair
Classification:
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Wood, textile
Dimensions:
each: 34 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 21 in. ( 88.3 x 59.7 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Louis XVI style armchair with upholstered back, and seat, and padded arms; rectangular back with molded, carved crest rail ("chapeau de gendarme"); acanthus carving on arm supports; stop-fluted legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1935.75ab
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this chair and its mate were owned by New Yorker John Vaché (1762-1833), a French immigrant, and used when he entertained Lafayette in 1824.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
26525
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Armchairs (2)
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Beech, poplar, textile
Dimensions:
each approx.: 38 3/4 x 29 x 26 in. ( 98.4 x 73.7 x 66 cm )
Description:
Pair of beech Louis XV armchairs ("fauteuils"); medallion-shaped back with rosette carved crest rail; open serpentine arms on molded serpentine arm supports; wide U-shaped seat with serpentine front edge upholstered over the rail with green and gold damask; upholstery also on back and arms; carved knees and skirt with cabriole legs.
Credit Line:
Bequest of A. E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.390a-b
Gallery Label:
These chairs were owned in New York by a member of the Gallatin family, possibly Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), who served as United States minister to France from 1816 to 1823.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
26524
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chairs (2)
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Beechwood
Dimensions:
each: 36 x 19 x 16 1/2 in. ( 91.4 x 48.3 x 41.9 cm )
Description:
Louis XV style pair of side chairs with caned back and seat; carved serpentine crest rail and carved and molded seat rail raised on cabriole legs with shell-carved knees.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Albert E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.400ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
26523
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Child's armchair
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 15 x 9 in. ( 61 x 38.1 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Child's wooden armchair of plank construction; backboard with double-lobed top; side boards carved to form arms and wings; trapezoidal seat.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.4493
Marks:
Adhesive sticker (Nadelman collection) on underside of seat: "1641 / Amer"
Graphite on underside of seat: "1641 / 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:
Anderson Galleries, Fuessenich Sale, October 1925 (cat. 56); The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
26522
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Maple, rush, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 16 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. ( 86.4 x 42.2 x 34.9 cm )
Description:
Maple ladder-back side chair painted brown with yellow floral decoration; three slats of graduated size and rounded stiles with flat faces; trapezoidal rush seat (not original); rounded legs tapering toward bottom joined by front stretcher with bulbous center, two plain, round stretchers on either side, and one plain, round stretcher in back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederic Griffith
Object Number:
1953.330
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
26521
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Armchair
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Walnut, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 21 3/4 x 24 in. ( 91.4 x 55.2 x 61 cm )
Description:
Walnut armchair; back with leather-covered panel attached to oval frame set between ring-and-block-turned stiles that extend below seat rail and attach to diagonal side stretchers; turned and blocked arms; rounded seat with leather-covered panel nailed to top of rail; turned legs, two turned front stretchers, one plain, round stretcher at either side and one plain, round stretcher in back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur H. Masten
Object Number:
1937.106
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair once belonged to Chester A. Arthur, twenty-first president of the United States (1881-1885). Arthur, who died in New York City in 1886, was associated with New York City and State throughout much of his professional life.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
26479
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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