Looking glass
Classification:
Date:
1800-1815
Medium:
Wood, glass, paint, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 2 in. ( 70.5 x 39.4 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Pillar looking glass with gilded double frame; narrow, indented cornice above verre églomisé upper panel depicting three-masted clipper ship flying American flag; pillars with plain block capital, molded shaft, and plain block base; molding set between pillar bases at bottom of mirror frame.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.78
Marks:
label: on reverse: "Peter Grinell & Sons / Providence, R.I."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
17894
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 of a Pair of Side Chairs
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Mahogany; poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/2 x 20 x 16 1/2 in. ( 97.8 x 50.8 x 41.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale style side chair 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:
1977.56a
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:
17892
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
One from a set of six side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 22 1/4 in. ( 92.7 x 48.9 x 56.5 cm )
Description:
Laminated rosewood Rococo Revival side chair with gold-colored cotton upholstery (not original); kidney-bean-shaped upholstered back with molded frame surmounted by carved crest with fruit and floral decoration; flower between two leaves carved at center of front seat rail; cabriole front legs with floral carving on knees and rounded rear legs with serpentine profile, all with casters.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.9i
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this piece is from a parlor suite made for her grandfather, Isaac John Greenwood I (1795-1865), a New York City resident. It then passed to Isaac John Greenwood II (1833-1911) and was inherited by the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
17891
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Card table
Classification:
Date:
1795-1805
Medium:
Mahogany, ebony, satinwood, pine
Dimensions:
closed: 29 1/2 x 35 3/8 x 17 1/4 in. ( 74.9 x 89.9 x 43.8 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal card table with ebony and satinwood inlay; square top with ovolo corners and inlaid stringing bordering edge; halves of top joined by two leaf-edge tenons; apron with five inlaid ovals of stringing flanked by narrow inlaid panels consisting of alternating vertical stripes of ebony and satinwood; supported on five tapering, squared legs (including one fly leg) with inlaid cuffs and stringing.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.103
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
17842
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Card table
Classification:
Date:
1800-1810
Medium:
Mahogany, satinwood; oak, pine; textile
Dimensions:
closed: 29 1/4 x 35 x 17 1/2 in. ( 74.3 x 88.9 x 44.5 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal demilune card table with satinwood inlay; circular top with a single band of stringing, edges with veneer banding, and halves joined by a single leaf-edge tenon; tabletop with green felt lining (not original); apron with four bookend inlaid panels, one above each of the front legs, and stringing along the bottom; six tapering legs, one of which is a fly leg, with corresponding leg on opposite side a dummy; each leg with inlaid cuffs at the bottom, the two front legs with intersecting husks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.116
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this table once belonged to the Honorable John Watts (1749-1836).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
17841
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pedestal
Classification:
Medium:
oak.
Dimensions:
Overall: 44 7/8 in. ( 114 cm )
Description:
Oak, with ornamental carving, decorated in gold, and having two claw feet.
Object Number:
1756 (Old Mus. #)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17836
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hanging corner cupboard
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Wood, paint, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 27 1/2 x 15 in. ( 71.1 x 69.8 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Hanging corner cupboard with painted decoration; front subdivided into three-by-three arrangement of nine framed panels of equal size, with three-paneled door at center; a small, rectangular wooden plaque with painted floral decoration is applied to center of each panel; with molded cornice surmounted by fretwork and two large iron hooks (one now broken at base) mounted on top.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1552
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
17709
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sea chest
Classification:
Date:
1640-1720
Medium:
Pine, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 3/4 x 53 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. ( 52.7 x 136.5 x 54 cm )
Description:
Painted six-board chest with front and back sloping outward from top to bottom; front and back boards rabbeted to receive ends, and nailed; lift top with end battens; front painted with two floral medallions on reddish-brown background; images inside medallions obscured; two interior storage tills; wrought iron handles, oval lock plate, and strap hinges.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1949.157
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this sea chest is believed to have been owned by Captain Increase Holly, son of John Holly, who came from England and settled in Stamford, Connecticut in 1642. The Hollys are ancestors of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1720
eMuseum Object ID:
17654
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Child's rocking chair
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Mahogany, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 x 13 x 18 in. ( 53.3 x 33 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Child's Grecian mahogany rocking chair with deep yoke-shaped crest rail, vase-shaped splat, scroll arms, trapezoidal slip seat with textile upholstery, and saber-shaped legs attached to rockers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert Brooke
Object Number:
1954.193
Gallery Label:
According to information supplied by the donor, this child's rocking chair was made to match the parlor furniture in the William Nagel Dyckman home on West Houston Street in New York City. The donor was given the chair by Susan Dyckman, daughter of William Nagel, when he was a child.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
17629
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1740-1760
Medium:
Walnut
Dimensions:
Overall: 40 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. ( 102.9 x 54.6 x 52.1 cm )
Description:
Walnut Queen Anne side chair with yoke-shaped crest rail and narrow, vase-shaped splat; trapezoidal needlepoint-covered slip seat, and scalloped front rail; cabriole front legs with pad feet; chamfered rear legs; turned side and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.114
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1760
eMuseum Object ID:
17628
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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