Go behind the scenes of the American Decorative Arts Furniture Study, the Gallery’s working library of American furniture and wooden objects, which features more than 1,000 works from the 17th to the 21st century. Space is limited. Please meet at the Information Desk in the Gallery lobby.
Furniture Study Tour
Cellarette, 1810-1820. Exterior, rosewood veneer; interior, mahogany veneer; sphinxes, other elements, eastern white pine; rear legs, soft maple; original inlay, stringing, brass and a black dense hardwood, probably ebony; left rear flower, fruit basket, alder. Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, by exchange