Child's rocking chair
Classification:
Date:
1890-1900
Medium:
Maple, wicker, caning
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/4 x 17 x 16 1/4 in. ( 61.6 x 43.2 x 41.3 cm )
Description:
Child's maple and wicker rocking chair; rounded back with thirteen wicker balls on outer edge of crest rail and twelve wicker spirals on inner edge; arm consisting of a woven wicker cylinder with domed cap supported by wooden spindles; rounded seat with caning; turned legs joined by turned front stretcher and plain, round side and back stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Hazel Lockwood Muller
Object Number:
1944.212
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, the donor used this rocking chair as a child.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26478
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chairs (2)
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Maple, paint
Dimensions:
each: 32 x 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. ( 81.3 x 41.9 x 34.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of maple side chairs painted black with yellow highlights; arched slat crest rail and slat; flattened front faces of stiles; rush seat; turned legs with tapered ends joined by pairs of turned stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1920.95ab
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
26476
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Armchair
Classification:
Date:
1825-1845
Medium:
Mahogany; oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 49 x 29 x 29 in. ( 124.5 x 73.7 x 73.7 cm )
Description:
Mahogany and veneered late-Grecian (Empire) armchair; upholstered scroll back; open arms with upholstered arms and turned baluster-shaped supports with acanthus-leaf carving; square upholstered spring seat with veneered rails; baluster-shaped front legs with acanthus-leaf carving, curved rear legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of James M. Varnum
Object Number:
INV.14951
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair was used by Henry Clay while Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Clay was Speaker in the 1810s and 1820s.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
26474
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair(s), pair
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
each approx.: 33 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 19 in. ( 85.1 x 43.8 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of rosewood Elizabethan Revival side chairs; spindle-back with crest rail carved with scrolls and foliage; horseshoe-shaped seat upholstered over the rail with grid-patterned textile; carving on skirt similar to carving on crest rail; turned, outswept front legs and plain, slightly outswept rear legs joined by a single turned stretcher in front, two plain, slender stretchers on either side, and one plain, slender stretcher in back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Joan Harman Brown
Object Number:
1977.4a-b
Gallery Label:
According to information provided by the donor, these chairs once belonged to the Mott family of Albany, New York, and originally came from England.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
26471
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chairs (2)
Classification:
Date:
1805-1810
Medium:
Mahogany; oak, poplar
Dimensions:
each approx.: 32 1/2 x 19 x 19 in. ( 82.6 x 48.3 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of mahogany Federal style side chairs; scroll back with curved crest rail with five thunderbolts (reeds) tied in a bowknot; reeded stile and back rail with reeded double-cross (lattice) back; horseshoe-shaped seat stripped of upholstery; swept back rear legs and tapered front legs with reeding.
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
X.479a-b
Gallery Label:
The double-cross back found on these chairs is similar to the back on a set (now at Winterthur) billed to William Bayard of New York by Phyfe on January 21, 1807. These chairs identical to set 1951.639a-h.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
26462
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rocking chair
Classification:
Date:
1798-1805
Medium:
Maple, hickory
Dimensions:
Overall: 43 x 25 x 26 in. ( 109.2 x 63.5 x 66 cm )
Description:
Sack-back maple and hickory Windsor rocking chair; comb back with curved crest rail, seven tapered spindles; splayed ends of arms rest on bamboo-turned supports; oval seat beveled to a pointed ridge at the front; raked, bamboo-turned legs braced with bamboo-turned side and medial stretchers; rockers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1947.263
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
26461
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
each: 34 1/2 x 21 x 17 in. ( 87.6 x 53.3 x 43.2 cm )
Description:
Set of four mahogany Federal style side chairs; square back has slightly taller central rectangular panel with footed urn formed from three ribs; swag across urn and fleur-de-lis above; curved, trapezoidal seat with over-the-rail leather upholstery; square, tapered legs with spade feet in front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle De Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.118a-d
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, the donors believed that this chair and its mates belonged to their ancestor, John Watts (1749-1836). Close examination, however, has shown the chairs to be late nineteenth- or early twentieth-century reproductions. Evidence includes the quality of the carving, the color of the wood, and the fact that there are band-saw marks inside the seat rails (see publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
26460
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
One of a pair of side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 19 in. ( 85.1 x 43.8 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Rosewood Elizabethan Revival side chair; spindle-back with crest rail carved with scrolls and foliage; horseshoe-shaped seat upholstered over the rail with grid-patterned textile; carving on skirt similar to carving on crest rail; turned, outswept front legs and plain, slightly outswept rear legs joined by a single turned stretcher in front, two plain, slender stretchers on either side, and one plain, slender stretcher in back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Joan Harman Brown
Object Number:
1977.4b
Gallery Label:
According to information provided by the donor, this chair once belonged to the Mott family of Albany, New York, and originally came from England.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
26438
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
One of a pair of side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1865-1875
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 18 in. ( 85.1 x 43.8 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Rosewood Elizabethan Revival side chair; spindle-back with crest rail carved with scrolls and foliage; horseshoe-shaped seat upholstered over the rail with grid-patterned textile; carving on skirt similar to carving on crest rail; turned, outswept front legs and plain, slightly outswept rear legs joined by a single turned stretcher in front, two plain, slender stretchers on either side, and one plain, slender stretcher in back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Joan Harman Brown
Object Number:
1977.4a
Gallery Label:
According to information provided by the donor, this chair once belonged to the Mott family of Albany, New York, and originally came from England.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
26437
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chairs (4)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
each approx.: 17 1/2 x 20 in. ( 44.4 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Set of four rosewood Rococo Revival side chairs; rounded open back with leaf-carved crest rail with lozenge-shaped hole in center, and shaped slat with carving similar to that of crest rail; seat with serpentine edge upholstered over the rail with gold-colored damask; front seat rail carved with leaf and scroll decoration; cabriole front legs with leaf-carved knees and scroll feet; slightly back swept rear legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1934.159a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
26434
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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