Subcategory Furniture contains 11 item(s).
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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. |
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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. |
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"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. |
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Tall case clock
c. 1820
F.04
Timepieces like this tall clock were becoming more affordable and more commonplace in the 19th century. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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"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. |
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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. |