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American Decorative Arts
Designer: Edward Wormley, American, 1907–1995
Manufacturer: Dunbar Furniture Corporation, American, founded 1919
Date:
designed 1952, manufactured ca. 1955
Medium:
Case, grained hardwood plywood, possibly with mahogany facing; back, stained hardwood plywood, with probably a walnut facing on its inside; drawer fronts, bleached walnut veneer over a core wood, with white oak veneer on inside face; drawer sides, backs, partitions in upper right drawer, white oak; drawer bottoms, white oak veneer on top face, over a core wood, with walnut veneer on lower face; coin tray, walnut; drawer supports, blocks and base, yellow poplar, maple, mahogany, elm, walnut
Accession Number:
1984.14.12
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Furniture
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Designer: Donald Deskey, American, 1894–1989
Maker, workshop of Probably: Schmieg, Hungate and Kotzian, Inc., American, 1924–1933
Maker: Eagle Lock Co.
Retailer: Deskey-Vollmer, Inc., American, 1927–1931
Date:
1929
Medium:
Ebony, probably Macassar ebony, veneer on a core of yellow poplar; one drawer front core wood, chestnut; runner on small curved drawer, ash; drawer bottoms, plywood faced with mahogany on inside and yellow poplar on outside; other elements, mahogany
Accession Number:
1984.23.2
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
1790–1830
Medium:
Mahogany, mahogany veneer; sides and backs of small drawers in upper case, mahogany; drawer bottoms in upper case drawers, drawer sides, bottoms, backs in lower case, backboards, other elements, yellow poplar; drawer fronts in lower case, other elements, eastern white pine; transverse brace, lower case, American black cherry
Accession Number:
1970.98.4
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Furniture
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
1800–1815
Medium:
Mahogany, mahogany and satinwood veneers; eastern white pine (frame rails, glue blocks), beech (hinged rail)
Accession Number:
1984.32.33
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Furniture
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
1740–60
Medium:
Mahogany, eastern white pine, soft maple, black cherry
Accession Number:
1984.32.34
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
1740–80
Medium:
Black walnut
Accession Number:
1984.32.36
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Furniture
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Maker: A. Taylor, American
Date:
ca. 1803
Medium:
Mahogany (including lowest laminate of frame, upper laminate of drawer front, drawer runners), mahogany veneer, satinwood inlay; eastern white pine (other frame laminates, lower laminate of drawer front), white oak (drawer sides), southern yellow pine (drawer bottom and back), hickory (pins supporting shelf)
Accession Number:
1984.32.38
Culture:
American
Period:
19th century
Classification:
Furniture
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Date:
1770–90
Medium:
American black cherry; eastern white pine
Accession Number:
1984.32.40
Culture:
American
Period:
18th century
Classification:
Furniture
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Designer: Frank Gehry, American, born Canada 1929
Manufacturer: Chiru Enterprises, Inc., American
Retailer: Bloomingdale’s, New York City, founded 1872
Date:
Designed 1970; Manufactured 1982
Medium:
Laminated, corrugated cardboard, particle board, and beech
Accession Number:
1984.26
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Furniture
Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Designer: Charles Sumner Greene, American, 1868–1957
Designer: Henry Mather Greene, American, 1870–1954
Maker: Peter and John Hall Shop
Date:
1907
Medium:
Mahogany, ebony, oak, silver, copper, abalone shell inlay, leather upholstery
Accession Number:
1982.124
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Furniture
Status:
On view
