Furniture fragment
Classification:
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Object Number:
INV.1189
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17110
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stool
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Pine, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 x 17 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. ( 83.8 x 44.4 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Tall pine stool with turned legs with vase-shaped taper at top and bottom; two stretchers between each pair of legs; circular seat covered in textile.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Katherine Rebecca Rogers
Object Number:
1936.708
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this stool originally belonged to the sculptor John Rogers, an ancestor of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
17108
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Frame for armchair
Classification:
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Walnut, oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 22 1/2 x 24 in. ( 86.4 x 57.2 x 61 cm )
Description:
Unupholstered frame for "bergère" type armchair; rounded back and arms; straight legs.
Object Number:
INV.5654
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
17107
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 1/2 x 21 x 21 in. ( 92.7 x 53.3 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale side chair; square back with 5 vertical slats, trapezoidal slip seat, square legs with side, rear, and medial stretchers; triangular front corner blocks, quarter-round rear blocks.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.89a
Gallery Label:
This chair relates to a group of similar chairs found in Connecticut, New Jersey, Long Island, and Upstate New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
17105
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sack-back windsor high chair
Classification:
Date:
1790-1802
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/4 x 20 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. ( 87 x 51.4 x 41.9 cm )
Description:
Black painted Windsor highchair; sack-back with curved crest rail and five full-length spindles piercing lower horizontal rail, which curves forward on either side to form arms; turned front arm supports; wide plank seat on splayed, vase-turned legs; side stretchers and single medial stretcher with bulbous center.
Object Number:
X.67
Gallery Label:
The arm terminals, design of the medial stretcher, and absence of a groove to define the front of the spindle platform suggest that this chair was made near the Connecticut-Rhode Island border. The bow (crest rail) of this chair may be a late 19th century replacement, as indicated by the centered groove on the face.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1802
eMuseum Object ID:
17104
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Drop-leaf Table
Classification:
Date:
19th century
Medium:
mahogany
Description:
Drop-leaf table, raised on turned-and-carved legs.
Object Number:
INV.14813
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17102
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Card table
Classification:
Date:
1815-1830
Medium:
Mahogany; oak, pine, poplar; brass
Dimensions:
closed: 30 7/8 x 36 3/8 x 17 7/8 in. ( 78.4 x 92.4 x 45.4 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Empire card table; square pivot top with rounded corners and veneered border, with the halves joined by three leaf-edge tenons; cylindrical leaf-carved pedestal with brass stringing along bottom edge supported on four scrolled and leaf-carved paw feet on castors.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
X.513[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
17101
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chest of drawers (butler's desk)
Classification:
Date:
1815-1835
Medium:
Mahogany, poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 45 1/4 x 42 x 23 1/4 in. ( 114.9 x 106.7 x 59.1 cm )
Description:
Mahogany chest of drawers (butler's desk) with secretary drawer with fall front on top and three regular drawers below, each with a pair of round wooden pulls; fall front opens to reveal interior drawers and pigeon holes; supported on short, ring-turned legs with ball feet.
Credit Line:
Bequest of A. E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.384
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
17098
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
One of a Pair of Armchairs
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Beech, poplar, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 3/4 x 29 x 26 in. ( 98.4 x 73.7 x 66 cm )
Description:
Beech Louis XV armchair ("fauteuil"); medallion-shaped back with rosette carved crest rail; open serpentine arms on molded serpentine arm supports; wide U-shaped seat with serpentine front edge upholstered over the rail with green and gold damask; upholstery also on back and arms; carved knees and skirt with cabriole legs.
Credit Line:
Bequest of A. E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.390a
Gallery Label:
This chair was owned in New York by a member of the Gallatin family, possibly Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), who served as United States minister to France from 1816 to 1823.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
17058
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 18 3/4 x 21 1/2 in. ( 92.7 x 47.6 x 54.6 cm )
Description:
Laminated rosewood Rococo Revival side chair with beige corded velvet 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 on casters.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary MacKaye Greenwood
Object Number:
1969.9e
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:
17057
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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