Chest
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, paint, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 7.6 x 10.8 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Wooden chest with sketchily painted views of landscapes with houses and trees on lid and all four sides, in blue, brown, yellow, orange, and black.
Object Number:
INV.8511
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7599
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Armchair
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1810
Medium:
Oak
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 x 23 x 16 in. ( 88.9 x 58.4 x 40.6 cm )
Description:
Bow-back Windsor armchair with continously bowed crest rail and arms; fifteen turned spindles; saddle seat peaked at the front; raked, bamboo-turned legs reinforced by side and medial stretchers.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1791
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:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
7197
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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. Carol Jopling and Mr. Robert King Farrington
Object Number:
1977.56b
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:
7195
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Roundabout chair
Classification:
Date:
1750-1790
Medium:
Walnut
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 x 20 x 20 in. ( 58.4 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Walnut Queen Anne roundabout or corner chair; back has scrolled crest rail, serpentine arms with flat round ends, turned columnar stiles, and solid vase-shaped splats; quadrant, or semi-circular, seat (modern) with upholstered slip seat and deep rails; three cabriole front legs with slipper feet and one turned rear leg.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.90
Gallery Label:
Chairs of this form were often designed as commode chairs.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
7191
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Pier table
Classification:
Date:
1805-10
Medium:
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, tulip poplar, white pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 39 1/2 x 48 x 21 1/2 in. ( 100.3 x 121.9 x 54.6 cm )
Description:
Pier table, the apron centering a gilt bronze mount, with another mount on either end, raised on four tapering, reeded columns with gilded Egyptian heads and feet, the back with a mirror, on a shaped base, with pull-out drawers on either end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Clarence S. Fiske
Object Number:
1950.35
Gallery Label:
This pier table was used by Archibald Gracie, Sr. in Gracie Mansion or one of his New York City townhouses. It descended to James King Gracie, Margaret Gracie Higginson, and then to Margaret Gracie Fiske.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1805
eMuseum Object ID:
7173
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1 of a set of 4 side chairs
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Rosewood, oak, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 3/4 x 17 1/2 x 20 in. ( 88.3 x 44.4 x 50.8 cm )
Description:
Rosewood Rococo Revival side chair; rounded open back with leaf-carved crest rail with lozenge-shaped hole in center, and shaped slat with carving similar to that of crest rail; seat with serpentine edge upholstered over the rail with gold-colored damask; front seat rail carved with leaf and scroll decoration; cabriole front legs with leaf-carved knees and scroll feet; slightly back swept rear legs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1934.159d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
7016
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dressing table
Classification:
Date:
1760-1790
Medium:
Walnut; poplar, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 32 5/8 x 34 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. ( 82.9 x 87.6 x 51.4 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Chippendale dressing table; rectangular top overhanging on all four sides with thumbnail molding on front and sides and notched front corners; case contains one full-width top drawer above a tier of three smaller drawers, and has champfered and fluted front corners and a scalloped skirt with central drop with large intaglio shell below a small tulip in low relief; raised on cabriole legs with shell-carved knees, cyma-curved knee brackets terminating in scrolls, and ball-and-claw feet; brasses not original.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Object Number:
1963.89
Gallery Label:
This dressing table is similar to at least one example attributed to John Elliott, who arrived in Philadelphia from London in 1753 (see William M. Hornor, Jr., "Blue Book: Philadephia Furniture," 1935, pl. 66).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
7014
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Oak, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 18 7/8 x 10 in. ( 14.6 x 47.9 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Oak box with overhanging undercut molding; metal lock and holes for side handles; dovetailed construction; fitted for side shelf.
Object Number:
INV.8546
Marks:
marked: in ink on side: "$15"
typed: on paper label on front: "MC WHORTER RELICS"
written: on paper label glued to interior lid: "This box was brought/from England many years ago/and it is made of English Oak"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
6225
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wall clock
Classification:
Date:
1780-1840
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 8 3/4 x 6 in. ( 31.1 x 22.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
"Wag-on-the-wall" clock with circular dial painted in black and white on square wooden backing with semi-circular top; dial surrounded by red, pink, and green painted floral and foliate designs; clockworks visible from sides and encased in wooden frame; metal chains for weights hang from works; pendulum missing.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
INV.252
Marks:
handwritten(?): on tag attached to object: "DUTCH WEIGHT CLOCK" and "John Ward Dunsmore / April 1941"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
5666
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trunk
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Wood, canvas, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 37 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 19 in. ( 95.2 x 67.3 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Wooden trunk with a domed lid; exterior covered in canvas, painted black and reinforced with wooden bands and metal cornersand tacks; metal latches, hinges and escutcheon; brass bail handles on the sides; "F.A.R." painted on the front of the trunk; interior covered in brown canvas; paper maker's label on the inside of the lid.
Object Number:
Z.3218
Marks:
painted: on the front of the trunk: "F.A.R."
printed: on the label: "ESTABLISHED 1839/ CROUCH & FITZGERALD/ MANUFACTURERS,/ No. 1 CORTLAND ST., cor. BROADWAY,/ 556 BROADWAY, below Prince Street, 723 SIXTH AVENUE, below 42nd Street/ NEW YORK."
cast: on t
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
1849
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