Side chairs (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Mahogany; oak
Dimensions:
each: 32 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. ( 83.2 x 47 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of mahogany, Grecian-style Federal side chairs with lyre-back; incurving top rail with veneered panel in between reeded stiles that continue to the front seat rail; slip seat with brackets and a reeded seat rail; incurving legs; hairy-paw feet in front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Schulyer Chapin
Object Number:
1985.20ab
Gallery Label:
These chairs were originally ordered by the Griswold Family of Albany, New York. They descended by marriage to the Burden Family, whose descendants used them until the date of donation.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
26385
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/2 x 22 x 19 in. ( 92.7 x 55.9 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale side chair; square back with 5 vertical slats, trapezoidal slip seat, square legs with side, rear, and medial stretchers; replaced blocks.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.89d
Gallery Label:
This chair relates to a group of similar chairs found in Connecticut, New Jersey, Long Island, and Upstate New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
26384
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1805-1810
Medium:
Mahogany, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 3/4 x 19 x 20 in. ( 83.2 x 48.3 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal style side chair; scroll back with curved crest rail with five thunderbolts (reeds) tied in a bowknot; reeded stile and lower back rail with reeded double-cross (lattice) back; horseshoe-shaped seat upholstered over the rail with rose brocade (not original); swept back rear legs and tapered front legs with reeding.
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
1951.639f
Gallery Label:
This chair is part of a set used by the Livingston family of New York. Its double-cross back is similar to those found on a set (now at Winterthur) billed to William Bayard of New York by Phyfe on January 21, 1807. It was reupholstered in 1957.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
26383
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Armchair (fauteuil)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Beech; paint, gilding, bronze, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 x 26 3/4 x 28 in. ( 96.5 x 67.9 x 71.1 cm )
Description:
Painted and gilded Empire open armchair (fauteuil); square upholstered back with gilded fluted stiles; round upholstered arms with circular metal lion's head mounts (replaced) on arm terminations above baluster-shaped supports; upholstered square seat with bowed front seat rail; front and side seat rails decorated with gilded rondels; baluster-shaped front legs on blocks and raked rear legs; upholstered in original red wool showcover with applied metallic tape.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louis Borg
Object Number:
1867.438
Marks:
engraved: on brass plaque with chair (now in object file): "ARM CHAIR USED BY/NAPOLEON BONAPARTE/WHILE FIRST CONSUL/OF THE/REPUBLIC OF FRANCE/PRESENTED BY LOUIS BORG/1867"
Gallery Label:
This commanding armchair, or fauteuil, was part of a suite made for Napoleon's council chamber at Malmaison in 1800. The room and its furnishings were conceived in the newly fashionable Empire style by leading French designers Percier and Fontaine. The chair was brought to America around 1816 by Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte, who owned a luxurious estate in Bordentown, New Jersey. Remarkably, the chair retains its original bronzé finish, red wool upholstery, and gilded metal trim.
Provenance:
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821); to his brother Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844); to his business associate Felix Lacoste (1795-1853); to Louis Borg (1812-after 1867), his successor as consul general; to N-YHS.
Bibliography:
Olson, Roberta J. M. "A selection of European paintings and objects." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 182-187.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
26357
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Recamier
Classification:
Date:
1820-1835
Medium:
Mahogany, poplar, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 1/2 x 75 1/2 x 35 in. ( 80 x 191.8 x 88.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Empire recamier with three-quarter back, scrolled headrest and footrest, and blue textile upholstery; round crest rail with elaborate acanthus-carved scroll extension, knees with leaf-filled carved cornucopias, and hairy paw feet on casters.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Sheldon Leavitt
Object Number:
1957.243
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
26356
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Mahogany; poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 18 x 21 in. ( 86.4 x 45.7 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal klismos-style chair; scroll back with veneered crest rail fitted over stiles; horizontal splat composed of carved scrolls with concentric circles in relief and carved fans beneath; saber-shaped front legs and back swept rear legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elsie Dwight Alling in memory of Samuel Bayard Dod
Object Number:
1944.225b
Gallery Label:
This chair belonged to the donor's ancestor Samuel McCulloh, who was born in Ireland and trained as a physician. McCulloh came to the U.S. before 1810 and served in the Navy during the War of 1812. He owned an estate, Rockland, outside of Baltimore, and clipper ships that carried cargo back and forth between the U.S. and parts of Asia.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
26353
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Mahogany; poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 18 x 21 in. ( 86.4 x 45.7 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal klismos-style chair; scroll back with veneered crest rail fitted over stiles; horizontal splat composed of carved scrolls with concentric circles in relief and carved fans beneath; saber-shaped front legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elsie Dwight Alling in memory of Samuel Bayard Dod
Object Number:
1944.225a
Gallery Label:
This chair belonged to the donor's ancestor Samuel McCulloh, who was born in Ireland and trained as a physician. McCulloh came to the U.S. before 1810 and served in the Navy during the War of 1812. He owned an estate, Rockland, outside of Baltimore, and clipper ships that carried cargo back and forth between the U.S. and parts of Asia.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
26352
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Maple, rush, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/2 x 17 1/8 x 18 in. ( 87.6 x 43.5 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Maple Hitchcock type side chair with painted decoration; back with arched, ring-turned crest rail with cylindrical center, squared stiles that taper toward top and terminate in scrolls, one shaped slat with opposing cornucopias, and one narrow, rectangular slat; trapezoidal rush seat with front corner blocks; ring-turned front legs with ball feet joined by ring-turned stretcher; two plain, round stretchers on either side and one plain, round stretcher in back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet M. Richards
Object Number:
1942.445
Gallery Label:
This type of chair was first mass-produced by Lambert Hitchcock (1795-1852), a chairmaker active near Barkhamsted (later Hitchcockville), Connecticut, in the mid-1820s. According to information from Esther Stevens Brazer (July 6, 1943), the chair was made and decorated in New York City around 1825. It was later used on Peter McMartin's farm near Caledonia, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
26351
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/2 x 22 x 21 in. ( 92.7 x 55.9 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale side chair; square back with 5 vertical slats, trapezoidal slip seat, square legs with side, rear, and medial stretchers; triangular front corner blocks, quarter-round rear blocks.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.89c
Gallery Label:
This chair relates to a group of similar chairs found in Connecticut, New Jersey, Long Island, and Upstate New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
26350
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Armchair
Classification:
Date:
1785-1800
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 x 24 x 19 in. ( 94 x 61 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal chair with crest rail and 3 serpentine slats carved with pierced, interlaced, loop pattern; outflaring mold stiles with carved ears; serpentine seat with upholstery over the seat rail; through tenon visible in rear; square, molded front legs with rectangular side, rear, and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle De Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.117
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair belonged to the honorable John Watts (1749-1836), who was the last Royal Recorder of the Province of New York, speaker of the New York Assembly from 1791to 1793, and member of U.S. Congress from 1793 to 1795. The chairs later belonged to General John Watts De Peyster.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
26347
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pages
