Canopy support

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Wood, iron, wool
Dimensions: 
Overall: 12 x 18 1/4 x 18 in. ( 30.5 x 46.4 x 45.7 cm )
Description: 
Circular wood ring, wrapped in wool braid with an ogee-shaped wrought iron support stretched across circle, with a simple finial; may be a support for a bed canopy (Empire-style).
Object Number: 
Z.1229
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
29132
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Fire screen

Classification: 
Date: 
1845-1865
Medium: 
Rosewood, wool,silk, linen
Dimensions: 
Overall: 40 x 32 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. ( 101.6 x 83.2 x 27.3 cm )
Description: 
Rosewood Elizabethan revival fire screen with trestle base; rectangular form with bobbin-turned stiles and rails; wooden frame houses nearly square embroidered picture in various colors of wool and silk floss on a linen ground; the Turkish style scene depicts a hunter and sleeping boy in the outdoors.
Object Number: 
INV.14969
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1865
eMuseum Object ID: 
29072
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Table

Classification: 
Date: 
1987
Medium: 
Birch
Dimensions: 
Overall: 27 1/2 x 23 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. ( 69.8 x 60.3 x 62.2 cm )
Description: 
Adirondack-style table made from birch tree limbs; square table top with scalloped edges formed from half sections of branches attached to edge of top; branch protrudes through hole in top; four irregularly-shaped legs connected by irregular stretchers.
Credit Line: 
Gallery Association of New York State
Object Number: 
Z.1328
Provenance: 
500; 7E
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1987
eMuseum Object ID: 
28842
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Urns from garniture set

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1900
Medium: 
Bronze, marble
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 1/4 x 7 x 6 1/4 in. ( 28.6 x 17.8 x 15.9 cm )
Description: 
Pair of bronze bowl-shaped vessels with double looped handles with spade-shaped terminus; pedestal foot atop bronze fluted columns with gray marble capitals and stepped spreading circular bases on three bronze feet.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer V
Object Number: 
1946.14bc
Gallery Label: 
According to the donor, these urns came from the Van Rensselaer mansion.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
28815
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Box

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1840
Medium: 
Eastern white pine, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 2 7/8 x 9 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. ( 7.3 x 23.8 x 21 cm )
Description: 
Rectangular wooden valuables box with flat, hinged lid, and metal latch; box painted with pattern of red tulips and green leaves with yellow and white highlights on black ground, with initials painted on center of lid, surrounded by border of red tulips and green leaves with yellow and white highlights on black ground, with additional elements at corners and edges; inside unpainted.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1938.53
Marks: 
painted: on box lid, center: "D · L · S" inscribed in check on inside bottom, "D L S"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
28727
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Box

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1831
Medium: 
Wood, metal, paint, paper, textile
Dimensions: 
Overall: 7 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. ( 19 x 31.8 x 21.6 cm )
Description: 
Rectangular wooden box with domed, hinged lid, round mounts and wire handles on each side, and metal hooks to fasten box to lid; lid printed with street scene on present-day Park Place in lower Manhattan, with St. Paul's Church at upper left corner, and with vehicles including an omnibus, landaus, trolley, and a horse and dray, and pedestrians, in brown, blue, orange, and darker yellow on pale yellow ground, with green scalloped border; box painted yellow with edges painted with green scalloped border; inside of box covered with marbleized paper in shades of brown and green.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number: 
1956.203
Marks: 
printed: on box lid: "ST. PAUL'S CHURCH BROADWAY N.Y. 1831" printed: on box lid, on building to left: "MUSEUM"; various other inscriptions on other parts of scene, identifying buildings and vehicles
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1831
eMuseum Object ID: 
28726
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Box

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1840
Medium: 
Tulip poplar, tinned sheet iron, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 5/8 x 13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. ( 27 x 35.2 x 24.4 cm )
Description: 
Rectangular wooden box with domed, hinged lid, painted with geometric pattern of flowers and vines in red and yellow on green ground; latch and catch made of punched, tinned sheet iron.
Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.1104
Gallery Label: 
This box is one of approximately 50 made by the so-called "compass artist," who worked in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
Provenance: 
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1840
eMuseum Object ID: 
28689
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bridebox

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Wood (probably pine), iron, paint
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 5/8 x 11 3/4 x 19 in. ( 21.9 x 29.8 x 48.3 cm )
Description: 
Oval pine box with sides constructed of single strip of pine bent around oval bottom and top; painted on sides with bands of tulips and berries; painted on top of lid with figures of a man and woman with two lines of German text.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1940.273ab
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
28687
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Couch or daybed

Classification: 
Date: 
1760-1800
Medium: 
Maple, oak, rush
Dimensions: 
Overall: 38 x 66 1/2 x 22 5/8 in. ( 96.5 x 168.9 x 57.5 cm )
Description: 
Maple Queen Anne daybed with adjustable back; turned stiles, three vase-shaped splats, rush seat (not original), and ball-turned legs joined by ball-and-reel-turned stretchers on the front, back, and lower end; plain, round medial stretchers and plain, round stretcher at upper end.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1944.201
Gallery Label: 
The daybed's turnings are characteristic of Delaware River Valley furniture. Although most extant American daybeds date from the late 17th or early 18th centuries, the urn-shaped splats on this example suggest a date closer to 1800.
Provenance: 
Purchased by the donor from Collings & Collings in 1922.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1800
eMuseum Object ID: 
28632
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Box

Classification: 
Date: 
1810-1883
Medium: 
Wood, metal
Dimensions: 
Overall: 8 x 15 x 9 in. ( 20.3 x 38.1 x 22.9 cm )
Description: 
Rectangular casket with plain, burl veneer surfaces; hinged, arched lid.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Norvin H. Green
Object Number: 
1951.332
Gallery Label: 
According to the accession records, this casket was made by Peter Cooper (1791-1883), founder of New York City's unique educational institution, Cooper Union.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1883
eMuseum Object ID: 
28615
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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