Stool Maker: Unknown

1810–20

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Footstools were a common element in late Federal-era parlors. Although most curule furniture was made in New York City, the origins of this stool—one of a pair—has been ascribed to Salem, Massachusetts, based on the carving of the leaves and the reeded urn turning on the stool's medial stretcher. British architect Thomas Hope illustrated stools of this type, but the form is also closely related to French sources, notably those published by designer Pierre de la Mésangère.

Medium

Mahogany; seat rails, American ash

Dimensions

15 1/4 × 19 1/4 × 15 9/16 in. (38.7 × 48.9 × 39.5 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.2008

Geography

Probably made in Salem, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Frank McCarthy, Longmeadow, Mass.; Francis P. Garvan, New York, (1929); The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection.
Bibliography
  • Jock Reynolds, "Director's Report," in "Recent Acquisitions 2001–2003," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004), 13, ill
  • Patricia E. Kane, 300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 216-17, no. 201, ill
  • Nancy A. McClelland, Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency, 1795–1830 (New York: William Scott, 1935), 94, pl. 85
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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