Side chairs (2)
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Maple, ash
Dimensions:
larger: 33 x 17 1/2 x 15 in. ( 83.8 x 44.4 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Two maple and ash Windsor side chairs that are similar, but not a pair; central splat with pierced wheel motif and six spindles; turned legs reinforced by side and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Frank B. Lucas
Object Number:
1954.210ab
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, these chairs came from a church in Wilton, Connecticut. Splat has been replaced.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
26149
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Windsor side chair
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Maple, ash
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 17 1/2 x 15 in. ( 83.8 x 44.4 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Maple and ash Windsor side chair; central splat with pierced wheel motif and six spindles; turned legs reinforced by side and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Frank B. Lucas
Object Number:
1954.210b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair and its mate came from a church in Wilton, Connecticut. Splat has been replaced.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
26148
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 of set of 6 Side Chairs
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1843
Medium:
Mahogany, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 19 in. ( 82.6 x 47 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Figured mahogany gondola side chair; 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:
1944.325e
Marks:
stamped: on top of front seat rail: "VIII"
printed: on cloth label attached to underside of slip seat: "DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG / . . . / This article contains the same / material received from the owner, / to which has been added / 1 LB COTTON XLLL / . .
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. This chair 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:
26146
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bible box
Classification:
Date:
1675-1700
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 24 7/8 x 18 1/8 in. ( 21.3 x 63.2 x 46 cm )
Description:
Wood Bible box with lid attached with two wrought iron hinges; front carved with pinwheel and two flowers; borders have stamped decoration.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.112
Marks:
carved: on front of box: "E" and "C"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
26115
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Baby walker
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Cherry (by microanalysis)
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 25 3/4 x 25 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 65.4 x 65.4 cm )
Description:
Cherry baby walker consisting of horizontal ring supported by four raked, turned legs; with base consisting of square frame with shaped inner edge mounted on four short legs with wooden casters.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
INV.14959
Marks:
Circular adhesive label on underside of stretcher: "247 / ger" (Nadelman collection sticker)
Gallery Label:
This baby walker is a form typical of Netherlandish walkers called a "loopwagen." Few American examples are known, a scarcity that is not surprising in view of their delicate construction. Dutch book illustrations and paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries show similar baby walkers and attest to their popularity. Like their twentieth-century counterparts, they gave toddlers circumscribed mobility.
Provenance:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
26111
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Armchair
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1856-1857
Medium:
Oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 65 x 31 x 27 in. ( 165.1 x 78.7 x 68.6 cm )
Description:
Oak Renaissance Revival armchair made of relic wood from Washington's New York City residence; tall back with arched crest rail surmounted with removable carved eagle, stiles project above back and are decorated with medallions with the seals of New York State and City (left and right sides respectively), back contains open strapwork with central upholstered oval panel flanked by initials "G" and "W" and surmounted by bust of Washington; open upholstered arms with eagle-head hand-holds amid curved guilloche-carved supports; upholstered trapezoidal seat with paneled front seat rail with central carved Federal shield; turned legs with castors; plaque with inscription on rear seat rail; modern black horsehair upholstery.
Credit Line:
Gift of Benjamin Robert Winthrop
Object Number:
1857.11
Marks:
engraved: on silver plaque on rear seat rail; "This Chair/ was made from timber of the house/ in which GEORGE WASHINGTON resided/ when first inaugurated president of the/ UNITED STATES/ Presented by Benjamin R. Winthrop/ Nov. 3, 1857"
Gallery Label:
This chair is made of relic wood from the house at 3 Cherry Street in lower Manhattan where George Washington lived while serving as President of the United States, between April of 1789 and February of the following year. The hallowed mansion was demolished in May of 1856 to make way for an impressive cast iron building housing a book-publishing company. Timber from the mansion was rescued by New York real estate investor Benjamin R. Winthrop, who commissioned the chair from a local craftsman. The chair was presented to the N-YHS in 1857 for the use of the President of the Society. The donor also presented a similar chair to the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1857
eMuseum Object ID:
26104
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 of a Pair of Armchairs
Classification:
Date:
1890-1900
Medium:
Mahogany, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 3/8 x 21 x 20 in. ( 89.9 x 53.3 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal style armchair; square, arcaded back with carved tablet centered in top rail and four slender, square colonettes with carved palm-leaf spandrels; trapezoidal seat upholstered over the rail with coarse, reddish textile; square, tapering front legs with spade feet and slighly back swept rear legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Benny Goodman
Object Number:
1978.61a
Gallery Label:
This Federal style chair is a reproduction in the manner of Abraham Slover and Jacob B. Taylor, cabinetmakers active in New York in the early nineteenth century. The New York cabinetmaking firm of Sypher and Company, active in the late nineteenth century, made chairs after this pattern.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26103
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chairs (4)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1790-1805
Medium:
Hickory, chestnut
Dimensions:
each: 38 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 20 in. ( 97.2 x 52.1 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Set of four hickory and chestnut fan-back Windsor side chairs with serpentine crest rail with rounded up-turned ears; elongated vase-turned stiles, 9 slightly tapered spindles and 2 tapered back bracing spindles; saddle seat, vase-and-reel-turned legs; side and medial stretchers with bulbous centers.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1342a-d
Gallery Label:
According to consultant Nancy Goyne Evans, author of "American Windsor Chairs," this style of Windsor chair originated somewhere along the Connecticut-Rhode Island border and then spread into southern Massachussetts. The chestnut seat of this chair and its mates is relatively common to this region.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
26102
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chairs (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1765-1790
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
overall: 38 x 22 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale side chair with scalloped crest rail with carved scrolls on ends; splat composed of radiating arches with a central pierced, pointed trefoil and 2 arches below; molded stiles; slightly trapezoidal slip seat; plain skirt, square legs, and plain rectangular side, rear, and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1944.193ab
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair and its mate came from the James Davidson Collection of New London and were purchased by Mrs. Blair from Israel Sack in 1934.
The design on the back of these chairs is based on Chippendales "The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Directory" of 1762, plate 12.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
26096
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chairs (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Mahogany; poplar
Dimensions:
overall: 38 1/2 x 20 in.
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale style side chairs with double serpentine crest rail with carved fan; pierced interlaced splat; molded stiles end in carved ears; trapezoidal rush slip seat; straight, square legs and rectangular stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Corol Jopling and Mr. Robert King Farrington
Object Number:
1977.56ab
Gallery Label:
According to the donors, descendants of Rufus King, these chairs belonged to King, an early eighteenth-century New York politician. The size, construction, and poor quality of carving suggest that these chairs are late nineteenth-century reproductions.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26090
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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