Pedestal clock with base and dome
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Wood, glass, metal
Dimensions:
overall (in case): 20 1/4 x 16 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. ( 51.4 x 42.5 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Wooden clock on oval wood base with arched oval dome fitted to base.
Object Number:
INV.238a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
20804
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Mahogany; oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. ( 83.2 x 47 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany, Grecian-style Federal side chair 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. Schuyler Chapin
Object Number:
1985.20b
Gallery Label:
This chair and its mate 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:
20483
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Mahogany; oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. ( 83.2 x 47 x 48.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany, Grecian-style Federal side chair with lyre back; incurving top rail with veneered panel in between reeded stiles that continue to the front seat rail; slip seat with brackets (later additions) and a reeded seat rail; incurving legs; hairy-paw feet in front. Modern horsehair upholstery.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Chapin
Object Number:
1985.20a
Gallery Label:
This chair and its mate 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:
20422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Blanket chest
Classification:
Date:
1690-1720
Medium:
White oak, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 1/4 x 47 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. ( 79.4 x 121.3 x 56.5 cm )
Description:
Oak chest with rectanular lid with applied half-round molding; front has three inset double-arched panels with molded surrounds and central applied drop; panels flanked by four sets of three turned and applied spindles; triglyphs applied above end spindles; paneled sides; straight feet have two grooves and are extensions of stiles; interior storage till (replaced).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1964.8
Gallery Label:
This seventeenth-century Massachusetts chest exhibits a number of restorations, including later spindles and triglyphs, lid, and till. The double arch design is characteristic of chests made in Essex County, Massachusetts.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1720
eMuseum Object ID:
20343
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pair of Side Chairs
Classification:
Date:
1815-1825
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 1/2 x 18 x 19 in. ( 82.6 x 45.7 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal klismos-style side chair; scroll-back with curved crest rail, horizontal splat composed of pair of s-scrolls with fan carved pieces beneath; side rails form continuous curve to sabre-shaped front legs; slip seat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
1951.640b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair and its mate were used by the Livingston family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
20140
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shelf clock
Classification:
Date:
1826-1830
Medium:
Mahogany, glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 16 x 4 in. ( 71.1 x 40.6 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
"Brooklyn" lever spring shelf clock with iron dial with black Roman numerals, brass bezel; two gilded, carved rosettes encircled by black rings; lower case with looking glass front; two brass feet; wagon spring movement.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Abraham Hatfield
Object Number:
1945.359
Marks:
printed paper label affixed to inside of case: "Manufactured by / [Joseph Ives,] / Brooklyn, [Long Island, New York, Warranted if Well Used]" (label partially intact)
Bibliography:
Kenneth Roberts, The Contributions of Joseph Ives to Connecticut Clock Technology, 1810-1862, pp. 83-86.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
19738
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Card table
Classification:
Date:
1795-1805
Medium:
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions:
closed: 28 1/2 x 35 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. ( 72.4 x 90.8 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal card table with light and dark wood inlay; square top with ovolo corners and band of patterned inlay along edge; apron with seven rectangles of stringing, the one at center front enclosing an oval, and a band of zigzag-patterned inlay along lower edge; four tapering, squared legs (one a fly leg) with stringing, the front two with bellflower inlay.
Credit Line:
Bequest of John B. Morris, Jr.
Object Number:
1957.206
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
18549
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Settee, part of a set
Classification:
Date:
1828-1835
Medium:
Poplar, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 73 x 22 3/4 in. ( 86.4 x 185.4 x 57.8 cm )
Description:
Windsor settee made of poplar with greenish-yellow paint and fruit and flower decoration; open back with long, rectangular tablet and a single slat supported by turned spindles; slightly outswept arms supported by turned spindles and terminating in a scroll; plank seat with rounded edge; ring-turned legs braced by turned front stretchers and plain, rounded stretchers running across the rear and front to back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1934.43a
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this settee was used in the country home of the Reverend Samuel Jones (1737-1811), great-great-grandfather of the donor. However, the furniture was clearly manufactured after 1811. The donor's father, Robert Jones Henderson (1835-1884), inherited the settee and matching side chairs and brought the furniture to New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
18547
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1790-1800
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 19 in. ( 100.3 x 56.5 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Heart-shaped shield-back mahogany Federal side chair; molded crest with two ribs centering pierced splat; central splat radiates from a carved lunette at the bottom into a fan at the top; shaped seat upholstered over seat rail; molded tapered legs.
Object Number:
INV.14810
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
18545
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Center table
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Mahogany, oak, marble, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/2 x 31 7/8 in. ( 74.9 x 81 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Empire center table with circular black marble top; circular base with brass banding on lower edge of skirt; three rectangular legs with brass capitals and bases joined by flat tripod base with curving sides; block feet with casters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
INV.14977
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
18542
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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