Standing stool
Classification:
Date:
1820-1880
Medium:
Pine, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 11 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. ( 45.7 x 28.6 x 49.5 cm )
Description:
Brown painted pine toddler's standing stool; cubical frame enclosing narrow seat with box-like tray in front.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Object Number:
1947.521
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this standing stool was made around 1824 by Lester Ford for his son, Gordon Lester Ford. Lester Ford was the father of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
16922
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Side Chair, 1 of a pair
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Rosewood, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 1/2 x 20 x 22 1/2 in. ( 97.8 x 50.8 x 57.2 cm )
Description:
Rosewood Rococo Revival side chair with light olive green velvet upholstery (not original); oval upholstered back with triangular flower and scroll composition carved in high relief at center of molded crest rail; molded seat rail with floral carving at center of front rail; front cabriole legs with floral carving on knees and casters; rounded rear legs with serpentine profile.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Donald C. Platten
Object Number:
1983.19e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
16887
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
China table
Classification:
Date:
1750-1790
Medium:
Mahogany
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 31 x 22 in. ( 63.5 x 78.7 x 55.9 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Queen Anne china table; rectangular tray-top with molded sides and convex inner edge, the curved sides with scalloped skirt; raised on cabriole legs ending in pad feet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1947.7
Gallery Label:
This table was owned in the Holly and Hawley families of Stamford, Connecticut.
Provenance:
Once owned by Mary Stiles Holly (1797-1875) of Stamford, Connecticut, wife of Charles M. Hawley (1792-1866); to their daughter Elizabeth King Hawley (1833-1926); to her daughter Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
16884
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Card table
Classification:
Date:
1815-1825
Medium:
Mahogany, pine, textile, brass
Dimensions:
closed: 30 1/4 x 36 x 18 in. ( 76.8 x 91.4 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal card table; square pivot top with canted corners and veneered border with halves joined by three leaf-edge tenons; folded top pivots over green felt-lined compartment; rectangular veneered panel in center of apron; four legs descending from blocks the faces of which extend beyond plane of apron; short, fluted cylindrical upper leg bounded by rings; swelling, reeded middle leg; lower leg with double ring above cylindrical foot on caster.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Helen A. Collingwood
Object Number:
1929.118
Gallery Label:
John McComb, Jr. (1763-1853) was born in New York City, trained as an architect, and, in 1813, appointed Street Commissioner and City Surveyor. According to the donor, his great-granddaughter, this table was one of many pieces of mahogany furniture he designed for a house he built for himself, in 1798, at 317 Washington Street in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
16882
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Looking glass
Classification:
Date:
1750-1780
Medium:
Walnut veneer, pine, glass, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 53 x 28 x 5 in. ( 134.6 x 71.1 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Rectangular Chippendale looking glass with walnut veneer frame; broken scroll pediment with gilded molding surmounted by a carved and gilded phoenix with outstretched wings; mirror plate surrounded by molded border with gilding beyond which is a second border outlining block corners above the mirror plate and following the scalloped and serpentine shape of the base of the frame; with carved and gilded openwork vines lining indented edge on either side of frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Woodhull Overton, in memory of her mother, Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1953.310
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
16879
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bench
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1864
Medium:
Pine, metal, cow hide
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 1/2 x 23 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. ( 87.6 x 60.3 x 54 cm )
Description:
Brown painted bench with U-shaped supports front and back joined by horizontal metal arm supports; top of each support surmonted with turned, ball-shaped finial; hinged seat with cow hide upholstery; seat rail has carved head; legs in reverse U-shape joined by dowel stretchers.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Raphael Ashton Weed
Object Number:
1932.110
Gallery Label:
This bench was used by actor Edwin Thomas Booth (1833-1893) in the stage productions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet during the years 1864-1891. He was renowned for his 100-night run of the play in New York City in 1864-1865.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1864
eMuseum Object ID:
16874
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 of a Pair of Side Chairs
Classification:
Date:
1805-1810
Medium:
Mahogany; oak, poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 3/4 x 18 1/4 x 19 in. ( 83.2 x 46.4 x 48.3 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 stripped of upholstery; swept back rear legs and tapered front legs with reeding.
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston
Object Number:
X.479b
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. These chairs identical to set 1951.639a-h.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
16872
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Desk
Classification:
Date:
1760-1780
Medium:
Mahogany, poplar, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 43 x 51 x 27 in. ( 109.2 x 129.5 x 68.6 cm )
Description:
Mahognay Chippendale slant-top desk; hinged slant-top opens to rest on two lopers; interior consists of central bank with prospect door flanked by pilaster drawers, flanked by bank of four pigeonholes with ogee-brackets over long drawer over two shorter drawers; case contains four graduated drawers with replacement brasses with gadrooned molding at base of front; ball-and-claw feet.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Townsend Lawrence
Object Number:
1952.279
Marks:
pencil inscription: on small interior drawer; "Sold & Refinished May 2/82 by Wm. S. Morton/ cor. of Amity and Main St.,/ Flushing, L.I.
pencil inscription: on small interior drawer, "Sold & Refinished/ by Wm. S. Morton No. 94/ Main St. and Amity St.,/
Gallery Label:
This desk belonged to Mrs. Effingham Lawrence (1764-1853) of "Willow Bank," in Flushing, Long Island.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
16873
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Breakfast table
Classification:
Date:
1820-1830
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 7/8 x 38 1/8 x 25 1/2 in. ( 70.8 x 96.8 x 64.8 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Empire breakfast table with 2 D-shaped drop leaves; plain apron with a drawer on one side with turned drops below; raised on four turned columns above a horizontal base with incurving sides supported on four scrolling, hairy paw feet with casters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot
Object Number:
1941.1028
Gallery Label:
The donor, Adelaide Milton de Groot, inherited this breakfast table from her mother, Elizabeth King Hawley, who inherited it from her parents, Lt. Gov. Charles M. Hawley and Mary Stiles Holly.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
16871
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
1 of Pair of Armchairs
Classification:
Date:
1760-1800 or 1870-1900
Medium:
Beech, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 x 25 x 25 in. ( 99.1 x 63.5 x 63.5 cm )
Description:
Louis XV-style upholstered armchair ("fauteuil"); crest rail with floral carving at center; outward-turning arms with carved detail; upholstered seat and back, and padded arms; cabriole legs.
Credit Line:
Bequest of A.E. Gallatin
Object Number:
1952.383b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
16870
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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