Sofa
Classification:
Date:
1835-50
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 x 27 in. ( 78.7 x 68.6 cm )
Description:
Columnar sofa, with a round crest rail supported on pillar shaped arm supports, enclosed upholstered arms, plain veneered seat rail, rail on ring-turned legs on bun feet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.119
Gallery Label:
This sofa belonged to Mrs. Robert C. Smith (Esther Boorman, 1781-1868), great-grandmother of donor, who lived at 1 Fifth Avenue. It passed to her daughter Anna L. Smith, then her daughter Julia Anna Toler who married Johnston Livingston de Peyster, father of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
16991
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Armchair
Classification:
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Wood, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 21 in. ( 88.3 x 59.7 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Louis XVI style armchair with upholstered back, and seat, and padded arms; rectangular back with molded, carved crest rail ("chapeau de gendarme"); acanthus carving on arm supports; stop-fluted legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1935.75b
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this chair and its mate were owned by New Yorker John Vaché (1762-1833), a French immigrant, and used when he entertained Lafayette in 1824.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
16990
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1820-1830
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/2 x 19 x 20 in. ( 85.1 x 48.3 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Mahogany neoclassical klismos-style side chair; scroll back with scrolled tablet-shaped crest rail with horizontal veneered splat below; trapezoidal slip seat with caned seat below (upholstery and caning modern); saber front legs with raked rear legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.123b
Gallery Label:
This chair belonged to Frederic de Peyster (1790-1882), who lived at 76 University Place, New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
16988
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Blanket Chest
Classification:
Date:
1725-1725
Medium:
Pine, leather
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/2 x 40 x 13 1/4 in. ( 36.8 x 101.6 x 33.7 cm )
Description:
Brown painted pine chest; single boards on top, sides, front, back, and bottom; missing lock plate; leather hinges broken on one side.
Object Number:
INV.360
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1725
eMuseum Object ID:
16986
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chest of drawers
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1785-1800
Medium:
Cherry
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 3/4 x 38 x 20 3/4 in. ( 93.3 x 96.5 x 52.7 cm )
Description:
Chippendale cherry chest of drawers; slightly projecting top molded on the front and sides; case has four graduated, lipped drawers; brass escutcheons with bail handles (not original) and escutcheons over keyholes; applied base molding on the front and sides; ogee bracket feet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1941.1029
Marks:
chalk signiture on back of bottom drawer: "George Whitfield Peck"
inscribed in graphite on underside of case: "Arnold / Stamford, Conn"
Gallery Label:
This chest of drawers was owned in the Hawley family of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Charles Hawley (1792-1866) was Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1838 to 1842. The cabinetmaker, George Whitfield Peck of Greenwich, signed his name on the back of the lowest drawer.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
16985
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Shelf clock
Classification:
Date:
1815-1830
Medium:
Mahogany, maple, mahogany veneer, brass, glass, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 1/2 x 16 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 72.4 x 41.3 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Wooden pillar and scroll variant shelf clock with slender, freestanding colonettes and elaborate fretwork top with three brass urn finials; painted wooden dial with foliate and floral decoration and outside escapement; door on front of clock contains one clear pane of glass and one reverse painted with trees and attached printed scene of colonaded, pedimented building and row houses. Outside escapement 30-hour time and strike wooden movement.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.87.deacc
Marks:
printed on paper lining inside of clock: "PATENT / INVENTED / Made and Sold by / ELI TERRY, / Plymouth / CON." and "N. B. To wind up weights, put on crank with the handle down and turn towards figure 6" and charts showing "Variation of the Sun & Clock"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
16932
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One of a pair of armchairs
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 43 x 24 x 30 in. ( 109.2 x 61 x 76.2 cm )
Description:
Laminated rosewood "Henry Clay pattern" Rococo Revival armchair with gold-colored cotton upholstery (not original); kidney-bean-shaped upholstered back with molded frame surmounted by carved crest with fruit and floral decoration; serpentine front seat rail with floral carving at center; 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:
1969.9c
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:
16931
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side chair
Classification:
Date:
1805-1810
Medium:
Mahogany; poplar, oak; textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 1/2 x 19 x 19 1/2 in. ( 82.6 x 48.3 x 49.5 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal style side chair; scroll back with curved crest rail with five thunderbolts (reeds) tied in a bowknot; reeded stile and back rail with reeded double-cross (lattice) back; horseshoe-shaped seat upholstered over the rail with black horsehair (not original); swept back rear legs and tapered front legs with reeding.
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
X.479a
Gallery Label:
The double-cross back found on this chair is similar to those found on a set (now at Winterthur) billed to William Bayard of New York by Phyfe on January 21, 1807. This chair was reupholstered in 1975. These chairs identical to set 1951.639a-h.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
16929
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Painted table with drawer
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Pine, poplar; paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/4 x 23 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. ( 50.2 x 59.1 x 41.9 cm )
Description:
Painted pine and poplar table with shaped top, a single drawer with wooden handles, and four slightly tapered vase-and-ring-turned legs; painting on top of fruit, including a pear, an apple, and grapes.
Object Number:
INV.14971
Gallery Label:
This small table may have been designed and built for a child.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
16924
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tall case clock
Classification:
Date:
1798-1812
Medium:
Mahogany, mahogany and other veneers and inlays
Dimensions:
Overall: 93 x 18 1/4 x 9 in. ( 236.2 x 46.4 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal tall case clock; broken-scroll hood with two brass ball finials flanking central gilded wood finial, columns, and oval glass side windows; white painted dial plate with roman numerals, segmental-arched calendar, hand-painted urn flanked by floral rosettes in the tympanum and "ASA WHITNEY/ N.YORK" on the dial; waist with fluted quarter-columns and an arched door with an inlaid oval panel; base with inlaid circular panel, serpentine skirt and French feet; brass works, pendulum and weights.
Credit Line:
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
Object Number:
1948.38
Marks:
painted: ASA WHITNEY/ N.YORK"
Gallery Label:
The clock's works were made by Asa Whitney, who is listed in the New York City directories as a watchmaker from 1798 to 1812.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1812
eMuseum Object ID:
16923
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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