Highlights : Art : Furniture

Subcategory Furniture contains 11 item(s).

	Card Table c. 1810 1986.28.01 Specialized forms like card tables were a response to the increased leisure of people in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and were used for board games, dining, and writing as well as for card games.
	Bannister Back Side Chair 1780-1810 1880.037.06 The skills of several craftsmen were needed to make this relatively inexpensive chair that could be used to seat family members or guests.
	"SH" joined chest c. 1710 BR.49 At a time when most houses lacked closets, joined chests like this one made for Sarah Hawks (1701-1783) stored linens, clothing and other valuable textiles while also serving a decorative function.
	Tall case clock c. 1820 F.04 Timepieces like this tall clock were becoming more affordable and more commonplace in the 19th century.
	Gate-leg Table 1680-1720 L.300 This table could accommodate larger numbers of people around it by swinging out elaborately turned "gate legs" to hold up two hinged drop leaves.
	Chest of Drawers c. 1769 1892.18.04 David Hoyt of Deerfield, Massachusetts, gave this locally made chest to his daughter Persis on her marriage to John Sheldon in 1769.
	Side Chair 1680-1720 1880.036.04 Men who operated lathes and who were referred to "turners," made chairs like this for about two hundred years in New England.
	Side chair with leather upholstery 1660-1680 1880.047.01 This 17th century New York-made side chair's handsome leather upholstery was more costly than a wood or rush-seated chair.
	"SW" Joined Chest 1695-1720 1892.18.03 Constructed of oak and pine boards that are mortised and tenoned together as rails and stiles, this storage chest for textiles was made between 1695 and 1720.
	Writing Armchair 1765-1790 1935.04.01 This Windsor-style chair, with writing arm, was a kind most often owned by lawyers and ministers, men who regularly devoted time to writing and correspondence.