Side chairs (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Mahogany, leather, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/4 x 22 x 18 1/4 in. ( 97.2 x 55.9 x 46.4 cm )
Description:
Pair of bow-back side chair with pierced splat with five ribs; trapezoidal seat with leather over-the-rail upholstery covered with silk; plain square, slightly tapered front legs braced by rectangular side, rear, and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
The Eugene H. Pool Collection of Captain James Lawrence, Gift of Dr. Eugene H. Pool
Object Number:
1942.546ab
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair and its mate belonged to Captain James Lawrence, a hero of the War of 1812. The leather upholstery and silk cover may be original.
Bibliography:
"Don't Give Up the Ship": A Catalogue of the Eugene H. Pool Collection of Captain James Lawrence (Salem: Peabody Museum, 1942), pp. 66-67 and illus.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
26258
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
One of a Pair of side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Mahogany, leather, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/4 x 21 x 18 1/4 in. ( 97.2 x 53.3 x 46.4 cm )
Description:
Bow-back side chair with pierced splat with five ribs; trapezoidal seat with leather over-the-rail upholstery covered with silk; plain square, slightly tapered front legs braced by rectangular side, rear, and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
The Eugene H. Pool Collection of Captain James Lawrence, Gift of Dr. Eugene H. Pool
Object Number:
1942.546b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair and its mate belonged to Captain James Lawrence, a hero of the War of 1812. The leather upholstery and silk cover may be original.
Bibliography:
"Don't Give Up the Ship": A Catalogue of the Eugene H. Pool Collection of Captain James Lawrence (Salem: Peabody Museum, 1942), pp. 66-67 and illus.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
26257
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inlaid wooden panel
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 3/4 in. ( 39.4 x 20 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden panel with wood inlay depicting an idealized female figure with a scroll in one hand and an owl atop a book on the floor near her feet; framed, with hardware attached to back for hanging.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure
Object Number:
1950.9b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, the figure depicted on this panel is meant to represent "Poetry." The artist was the grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26247
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inlaid wooden panel
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 3/4 in. ( 39.4 x 20 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden panel with wood inlay depicting an idealized female figure holding palette and paint brushes in one hand; framed, with hardware attached to back for hanging.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmond C. Bonaventure
Object Number:
1950.9a
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, the figure depicted on this panel is meant to represent "Painting." The artist was the grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26245
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rocking settee
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Poplar, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/4 x 72 1/8 x 18 1/4 in. ( 71.8 x 183.2 x 46.4 cm )
Description:
Poplar Windsor rocking settee; painted dark brown with yellow stripes and remnants of floral decoration; rectangular crest rail supported by turned spindles, serpentine arms, thick plank seat, removeable baby guard held by two tenons, and ring-turned legs with rectangular front and rear stretchers, rounded side stretchers, and rockers.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1279
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:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
26228
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sofa and two side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1846-1847
Medium:
Rosewood
Description:
Rococo revial sofa and two side chairs carved with C-scrolls, shells, and foliage. Upholstered with modern gray fabric with black stripes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Abeel Canda
Object Number:
1947.272a-c
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this suite of furniture was made for his grandfather John Howard Abeel, who lived on the corner of 8th Street and 2nd Avenue.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
26226
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Armchair
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. ( 97.2 x 57.2 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal armchair with curved crest rail and pierced, urn-shaped splat with carved urn at upper middle; curved arms terminate in incised rondels; trapezoidal seat has over-the-rail upholstery attached with brass tacks in swag formation; square, straight legs; rectangular side, rear, and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1945.349
Gallery Label:
This chair is most likely an early 20th century reproduction of a design popular during the Federal period.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
26213
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Settee
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Maple, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 5/8 x 81 x 21 in. ( 70.2 x 205.7 x 53.3 cm )
Place Made:
North America, U.S.A.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr.
Object Number:
INV.14952
Gallery Label:
This painted Windsor-style settee is said to have been used on the Clermont, the first commercially successful steamboat to operate in the United States. Robert R. Livingston was a partner in the enterprise with the steamboat’s engineer, Robert Fulton (1765-1815). Interestingly, Fulton eventually married Livingston's niece Harriet Livingston (1786-1824). The maiden voyage of the Clermont, named for Livingston's estate, departed from the Chancellor's property in the Hudson Valley in 1807 and ran between New York City and Albany until it was retired in 1814. Family lore suggests that the bench, originally one of a pair, resided on the porch of Livingston's home before it was redecorated and placed on the rear deck of the steamboat.
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
26187
Sort order:
19
Exclude from TMS update:
Exclude from TMS update
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chairs (2)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1843
Medium:
Mahogany, oak, textile
Dimensions:
each: 32 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 19 in. ( 82.6 x 47 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Two figured mahogany gondola side chairs; back with crest rail curving into angled stiles and urn-shaped splat; U-shaped slip seat with textile upholstery (not original) on four shaped supports; saber front legs and back swept rear legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.325b,e
Gallery Label:
The gondola chair was a new form introduced to the United States from France in the mid-nineteenth century. Its style was based on that of French Restoration period furniture. These chairs belonged to a set made for the donor's grandmother, who lived at Fifth Avenue and 39th Street in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1843
eMuseum Object ID:
26181
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1765-1775
Medium:
Mahogany; oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 1/2 x 22 x 18 in. ( 95.2 x 55.9 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale side chair with serpentine crest rail with pointed leaf-carved ears; pierced splat with elongated c-scrolls with pendant leaf carving on outer edges and central carved rosette; trapezoidal seat with over the rail needlepoint upholstery; straight, square legs with carved chinoiserie pattern of circles and rectangles; flat side, rear, and medial stretchers have pierced fretwork decoration.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.118
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this pattern is derived from Chippendale's "Directory of Rare Design," and that it was popular in Boston. A similar chair can be seen in the portrait of Joseph Hoope, by Copley, in the Baltimore Museum. Another chair from this set is in the Winterthur collection (accession number 57.51).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
26177
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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