Box
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Iron, lacquer, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 35.9 x 7.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Box with tin exterior and lacquered exterior (toleware) with lid or cap at one of ends.
Object Number:
INV.8606
Marks:
written: on tag found with object: "In Map & Print Room/Durand/certificate/Nat. Acad."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
19369
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Renaissance revival sofa
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Pine, poplar, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 40 1/2 x 21 in. ( 63.5 x 102.9 x 53.3 cm )
Description:
Renaissance Revival sofa with floral brocade upholstery over pine and poplar frame; square shape with low back, padded arms, fringe and tassel skirt, and slightly tapered block legs with casters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Object Number:
1933.201
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this sofa was cut down for a window in the Asher B. Durand house in South Orange, N.J. Before that, it was used as a sitter's bench in the artist's studio at 91 Amity Street in New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
18380
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Quill pen made from a Bald Eagle feather, used by John James Audubon
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1820-1850
Medium:
Quill, feather from the wing of a Bald Eagle
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 2 x 1 in. ( 38.1 x 5.1 x 2.5 cm )
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederic DePeyster, 1878
Object Number:
1878
Gallery Label:
Found in John Audubon's writing desk.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
17035
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Copperplate for Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Little Owl (Athene noctua), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), and Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Havell plate no. 432 in John James Audubon's "Birds of America"
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
19th century
Medium:
copper, steel-faced
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 26 1/2 in. ( 55.9 x 67.3 cm )
Description:
Plate for the engraving of the Burrowing owl and Little owl
Object Number:
1960.21
Marks:
inscriptions: stamped on back 4 corners: PONTIFEX & STILES/23 L... STREET SOHO/LONDON
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16914
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Print block: stripe/dot
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 24.4 x 15.9 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden printing block with pattern of striped bands alternating with dotted bands carved in relief on printing face; two indentations carved on edges of reverse to facilitate gripping by hand.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.7584
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper collector's label affixed to reverse: "2554 / Fr."
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
12802
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Press mold: floral pattern
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 11 x 2 3/8 in. ( 7 x 27.9 x 6 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wooden printing block with design for floral border cut in intaglio on printing face; rectangular indentation carved on reverse to facilitate gripping by hand.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.6425
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
12801
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Daguerreotype framing materials in wooden box
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Wood, gold and other metals, string, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 10 x 4 7/8 in. ( 6.7 x 25.4 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Wooden box with sliding lid containing various small tools along with eight embossed sheet gold frames and fragments.
Object Number:
INV.387
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
12668
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of fragments and two spools (6)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1775-1850
Medium:
Metal, leather, wood
Dimensions:
largest: 2 x 4 x 4 in. ( 5.1 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Collection of objects including two spools with wire, a rectangular wood fragment, a curved wood fragment, a rectangular wood fragment with paper attached, and a circular piece of leather with a hole cut in the center.
Object Number:
INV.8688
Gallery Label:
These fragments were found with a collection of tools that belonged to miniaturist John Ramage.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
12222
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wood scrap
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 7/8 in. ( 3.2 x 9.8 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Wood scrap from the workshop of Lockwood Sanford, wood engraver active in New Haven, Connecticut.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.480
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11360
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wood scrap
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 7/8 in. ( 29.2 x 24.8 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Wood scrap from the workshop of Lockwood Sanford, wood engraver active in New Haven, Connecticut.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1936.481
Marks:
handwrittten in pencil: on reverse: "2 [cents] per inch / 2 [cents] / inch / [etc.]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11359
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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