Table frame
Classification:
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Oak; oak, beech
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 1/2 x 42 7/8 x 17 3/4 in. ( 82.6 x 108.9 x 45.1 cm )
Description:
Rectangular oak Louis XVI style pier table frame; front apron and two sides carved with a chain of circles with flowers inside; panels with carved rosettes at top of turned, tapered, fluted legs with stop-fluting near bottom; missing marble top.
Credit Line:
Bequest of A. E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.388
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
17056
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Looking glass
Classification:
Date:
1845-1855
Medium:
Wood, glass, gesso, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 48 x 33 x 3 in. ( 121.9 x 83.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Oval Rococo Revival looking glass in carved and gilded frame with reverse serpentine scrolls interspersed with flowers, and a scallop shell at top and bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.125
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this looking glass once belonged to Frederic de Peyster (1790-1882) of 76 University Place, New York City, and later passed to his grandson Johnston Livingston de Peyster.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
17055
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Writing-arm chair
Classification:
Date:
1790-1805
Medium:
Maple
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 x 29 x 29 1/2 in. ( 99.1 x 73.7 x 74.9 cm )
Description:
Sack-back Windsor writing-arm chair; seven tapered spindles, large upward-tilting writing arm on three ring-and-vase-turned supports; elliptical seat with central peak at front edge; raked, vase-turned legs with side and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1947.260
Gallery Label:
According to Nancy Goyne Evans, author of "American Windsor Chairs," the particular figure of the high back arch, bunched spindles, the shape of the seat, and the double taper of the seat suggests that this chair was made in Rhode Island.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
17051
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stand
Classification:
Date:
1815-1820
Medium:
Mahogany, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/4 x 23 5/8 x 20 in. ( 74.3 x 60 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Mahogany stand with hinged top; square top with canted corners on tripod pedestal base consisting of turned and reeded column on outswept, reeded legs ending in paw feet; brass casters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.327
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, her grandfather purchased this stand from the Astor House Hotel. John Jacob Astor built the Astor House in 1836 after assembling the lots around his former house until he purchased the full block on the west side of Broadway between Vesey and Barclay Streets. Complete with gaslights and bathing facilities on every floor, Astor House was built in the Greek revival style with a granite façade and a central entrance flanked by Doric columns. By the 1870s however, the Astor House was considered old-fashioned. The stand was probably purchased around 1913 when the hotel closed and the site was redeveloped as the "Astor Office Building."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
17050
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Maple
Dimensions:
Overall: 44 x 18 1/2 x 15 in. ( 111.8 x 47 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
Maple slat-back side chair with pointed bulb finials, five high arched slats, and plain tapered stiles; rush seat; ball-turned front legs joined by stretchers with a ball-and-double-vase-turned front stretcher; ball-and-reel feet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1944.195
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
17048
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cupboard (kitchen dresser)
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 84 x 74 x 15 1/4 in. ( 213.4 x 188 x 38.7 cm )
Description:
Pine cupboard (kitchen dresser); overhanging molded cornice with valence composed of eight double serpentine curves above three narrow shelves with plate grooves set within sides with front edges cut similar to valence; lower cupboard with one cabinet door with panel and frame construction (panel with wide beveled border) on proper right, and two drawers with plain fronts above open compartment on proper left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1947.256
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
17049
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Table easel
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 x 9 x 3 in. ( 40.6 x 22.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Wooden table easel with twist-turned uprights and horizontal members; uprights are angled slightly inward and capped by acorn finials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
INV.10807
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
17039
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 from set of 9 Side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1828-1835
Medium:
Poplar, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. ( 82.6 x 47 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Poplar Windsor side chair with traces of paint; open back with tablet and a single slat supported by four turned spindles; plank seat with rounded edge; ring-turned legs braced by ring-turned front stretcher and plain, round side and back stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1934.43b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair was part of a set used in the country home of the Reverend Samuel Jones (1737-1811), great-great-grandfather of the donor. However, the set was clearly manufactured after 1811. The donor's father, Robert Jones Henderson (1835-1884), inherited the furniture and brought it to New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
16994
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 from set of 9 Side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1835-1845
Medium:
Poplar, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 1/4 x 17 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. ( 74.3 x 43.8 x 39.4 cm )
Description:
Poplar Windsor side chair with traces of greenish-yellow and brown paint; open back with tablet and a single slat supported by four turned spindles; plank seat with rounded edge; ring-turned legs braced by ring-turned front stretcher and plain, round side and back stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1934.43g
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair was part of a set used in the country home of the Reverend Samuel Jones (1737-1811), great-great-grandfather of the donor. However, the set was clearly manufactured after 1811. The donor's father, Robert Jones Henderson (1835-1884), inherited the furniture and brought it to New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
16993
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 from set of 9 Side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1835-1845
Medium:
Poplar, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 3/8 x 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. ( 74.6 x 44.4 x 39.4 cm )
Description:
Poplar Windsor side chair with traces of greenish-yellow and brown paint; open back with tablet and a single slat supported by four turned spindles; plank seat with rounded edge; ring-turned legs braced by ring-turned front stretcher and plain, round side and back stretchers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1934.43f
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this chair was part of a set used in the country home of the Reverend Samuel Jones (1737-1811), great-great-grandfather of the donor. However, the set was clearly manufactured after 1811. The donor's father, Robert Jones Henderson (1835-1884), inherited the furniture and brought it to New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
16992
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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