Wooden egg
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Turned and carved wooden egg with vine and floral motifs.
Object Number:
Z.1815
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29647
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Urn
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1890
Medium:
Plaster of Paris, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 8 in. ( 39.4 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Chalkware urn on square base with red, yellow, and green fruit and green paper leaves on top; at center of arrangement is oversized lemon painted greenish yellow.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1133
Marks:
hand written: in pencil on bottom edge of base: "2348/Amer"
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
29635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Woodcarving (rooster)
Classification:
Date:
1870-1920
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 8 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 18.1 x 21.3 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Carved and painted wooden rooster on pear-shaped base; black, red and yellow painted body; red crest and wattles; green base.
Object Number:
Z.3222
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
29575
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Woodcarving (male figure w/basket of fruit)
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 x 2 7/8 in. ( 13.3 x 2.5 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Carved and painted wooden figurine; striding male figure (no base) with basket of fruit(?) on his back; brown hair and beard, lavender jacket, yellow trousers and black boots; one arm missing, one arm detached.
Object Number:
INV.8177
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29557
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Woodcarving (eagle)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Pine, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. ( 14 x 19.7 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Carved wooden eagle with outstretched wings, on small domed circular base; cross-hatching on back of wings; painted dark brown with yellow ocher on head and beak, yellow ocher legs, and green base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1117
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
Bibliography:
Black, Mary C., "Make believe and make do: American children's toys," Antiques, December 1962, pp. 620-623.
Christensen, Erwin O., Early American Wood Carving. Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952, pp. 104-105.
Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design. New York, Macmillan, 1950, pp. 135-137.
Flower, Milton E., "Wilhelm Schimmel and Aaron Mountz wood carvers," [exhibition catalog], Williamsburg, Va. : Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, 1965.
Lichten, Frances, Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania. New York, C. Scribner's sons; London, C. Scribner's sons, ltd., 1946. p. 115.
Robacker, Earl F., "Pennsylvania German Wood Carvings," Antiques, June 1946, pp. 369-371.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Woodcarving (squirrel)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Pine, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 7.9 x 8.6 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Carved wooden squirrel on oblong base; gray painted body with black streaks, brown nut clutched below chin, and green base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1111
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
Bibliography:
Black, Mary C., "Make believe and make do: American children's toys," Antiques, December 1962, pp. 620-623.
Christensen, Erwin O., Early American Wood Carving. Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952, pp. 104-105.
Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design. New York, Macmillan, 1950, pp. 135-137.
Flower, Milton E., "Wilhelm Schimmel and Aaron Mountz wood carvers," [exhibition catalog], Williamsburg, Va. : Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, 1965.
Lichten, Frances, Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania. New York, C. Scribner's sons; London, C. Scribner's sons, ltd., 1946. p. 115.
Robacker, Earl F., "Pennsylvania German Wood Carvings," Antiques, June 1946, pp. 369-371.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28936
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tablet
Classification:
Date:
1840-1857
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 45.7 x 17.1 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Carved wood tablet with rectangular base into which two vertical pieces fit; exterior of these two vertical pieces includes yellow rectangular panel with Chinese characters; interior painted with characters.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer
Object Number:
1947.24
Marks:
written: on label glued to tablet: "The Ancestral Tablet for... /of Hung Sing Sang who died when/he was 10 years old. It was delivered/up to J. I. [sic] April 11. 1857. by said/teacher aged 30 years./FORK [sic] Chaw China."
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this object is the ancestral tablet of Hung Sing Sang, who died at the age of 10. The tablet was given to Dr. Boudinot Atterbury in 1857, who gave it to his nephew, the donor. Dr. Atterbury, a young physician of New York City, left on the 27th of August for San Francisco, to sail for Pekin, China, under appointment by the Presbyterian Board, as a medical missionary. He received the decoration of the Imperial Order of the Double Dragon, Second Degree, for his services to the wounded in connection with the work of the Red Cross Society during the 1894 Sino-Japanese War. Dr. Atterbury was a friend of politician, general and diplomat, Li Hung Chang.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1857
eMuseum Object ID:
28818
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Woodcarving (parrot)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Pine, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 14 x 7.3 x 6 cm )
Description:
Carved wooden parrot with folded wings and straight, cylindrical legs, on small domed oval base; body painted with spots of green, red and yellow on cream-colored ground; wings with vertical bands of red, yellow, green and black; yellow and red beak, yellow legs, and green base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1116
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
Bibliography:
Black, Mary C., "Make believe and make do: American children's toys," Antiques, December 1962, pp. 620-623.
Christensen, Erwin O., Early American Wood Carving. Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952, pp. 104-105.
Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design. New York, Macmillan, 1950, pp. 135-137.
Flower, Milton E., "Wilhelm Schimmel and Aaron Mountz wood carvers," [exhibition catalog], Williamsburg, Va. : Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, 1965.
Lichten, Frances, Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania. New York, C. Scribner's sons; London, C. Scribner's sons, ltd., 1946. p. 115.
Robacker, Earl F., "Pennsylvania German Wood Carvings," Antiques, June 1946, pp. 369-371.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28647
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Woodcarving (lion)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Pine, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 4 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 9.2 x 11.7 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Carved wooden lion on low, oblong base; yellow painted body with red highlights; dark green painted base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1114
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
Bibliography:
Black, Mary C., "Make believe and make do: American children's toys," Antiques, December 1962, pp. 620-623.
Christensen, Erwin O., Early American Wood Carving. Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1952, pp. 104-105.
Christensen, Erwin O., The Index of American Design. New York, Macmillan, 1950, pp. 135-137.
Flower, Milton E., "Wilhelm Schimmel and Aaron Mountz wood carvers," [exhibition catalog], Williamsburg, Va. : Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, 1965.
Lichten, Frances, Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania. New York, C. Scribner's sons; London, C. Scribner's sons, ltd., 1946. p. 115.
Robacker, Earl F., "Pennsylvania German Wood Carvings," Antiques, June 1946, pp. 369-371.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
28646
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figurine: Amish boy
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Cast iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. ( 6.4 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Painted cast iron figurine representing a blond Mennonite boy wearing black overalls and hat and purple shirt; green painted oval base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1942.328c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
28458
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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