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Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Maker: George Jakob Hunzinger, American, 1835–1898
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Walnut and fabric-wrapped metal
Accession Number:
1998.52.1
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
ca. 1750
Medium:
Black walnut and maple slip seat frame
Accession Number:
2010.165.1
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Maker: Alexander Roux, American, born France, 1813–1886
Date:
1860–75
Medium:
Rosewood veneer, marquetry, plywood, soft maple, American black cherry, chestnut, eastern white pine, yellow poplar, and curly maple veneer with gilded bronze and porcelain
Accession Number:
1970.55
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Maker, attributed to: John Doggett, American, 1780–1857
Date:
1802–25
Medium:
Eastern white pine, birch, gilding, and silvered plate glass
Accession Number:
1931.316
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Designer: Terence Harold Robsjohn-Gibbings, British, 1905–1976, active United States, 1930–64
Manufacturer: Widdicomb Furniture Company, American, founded 1858
Date:
designed 1951, introduced 1952
Medium:
Walnut-veneered plywood, maple braces, birch blocks, and yellow poplar apron supports
Accession Number:
2000.85.1
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
1650–70
Medium:
Each case frame, principally white oak and red oak; drawer runners, panels, drawer fronts, most drawer sides and backs, white oak and red oak; top bottom of upper case, top back rail of upper case, some of drawer linings, chestnut; one board in bottom of middle drawer in lower case, eastern white pine; front feet, soft maple; door frames in lower case, corbels and plaques underneath them, dentils, probably American black walnut; top and bottom of lower case, some drawer linings, light-colored, shaped moldings on doors in lower case, on small drawers in upper case, and most of same type of molding on deep drawers in upper case, cedar; applied bosses, probably maple or cherry; replaced small bosses on upper case, beech; edge molding on top of upper case, flat, beveled moldings on small drawers in upper case, molding separating these drawers from deep drawer below, wide, beveled moldings and some of the thin, shaped moldings on deep drawer, base molding of upper case, torus molding at top of lower case, triglyphs, molding below triglyphs, base molding of lower case, cedrela (Cedrela odorata); flat panels of dark, reddish-brown wood with irregular black markings on small drawers in upper case, on deep drawer in upper case, and on doors of lower case, spindles on upper case, snakewood (Piratinera guianensis); spindles on lower case, rosewood (Dalbergia spp.); pulls on small drawers in upper case, lignum vitae (Guaiacum spp.).
Accession Number:
1930.2109
Culture:
American
Period:
17th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Maker Cabinetmaker: Stephen Badlam, American, 1751–1815
Carver: John Skillin, American, 1746–1800
Carver: Simeon Skillin, Jr., American, 1756–1806
Date:
1791
Medium:
Mahogany; front of drawer in architrave, mahogany; other drawer fronts, mahogany veneer on chestnut; eastern white pine; bottom dustboard in lower case, red pine
Accession Number:
1930.2003
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
ca. 1835–50
Medium:
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, and pine
Accession Number:
2013.9.1
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
1740–60
Medium:
Maple with ash or hickory stretchers and seat rails
Accession Number:
2009.87.1
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Designer: Herter Brothers, American, 1864–1906
Date:
ca. 1881–82
Medium:
Oak, brass, and embossed and gilded leather (replacement)
Accession Number:
2008.224.1
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
