Metropolitan Museum of Art - Early American Furniture Photos

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has a fine collection of early American furniture.

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Early American furniture gallery at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Early American furniture gallery at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Early American chairs at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Classical wooden doorway with scrolled pediment from Westfield, MA possibly by Alexander Grant at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Early American furniture gallery at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Early American furniture gallery at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Early American chairs at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Classical wooden doorway with scrolled pediment (c1750) from Westfield, MA possibly by Alexander Grant at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Japanned tall clock from Boston with movement & dial by Joseph Ward at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Japanned high chest of drawers from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Japanned high chest of drawers from Windsor, CT at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.High chest of drawers from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Japanned tall clock (1730-40) from Boston with movement & dial by Joseph Ward at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Japanned high chest of drawers (1730-60) from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Japanned high chest of drawers (1730-40) from Windsor, CT at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.High chest of drawers (1730-60) from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
High chest of drawers from Newport, RI at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.High chest of drawers from Philadelphia, PA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Chest-on-Chest from Philadelphia, PA attrib. Thomas Affleck with carvings attrib. to James Reynolds at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Bird carving detail atop Chest-on-Chest from Philadelphia, PA attrib. Thomas Affleck with carvings attrib. to James Reynolds at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
High chest of drawers (1750-90) from Newport, RI at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.High chest of drawers (1755-90) from Philadelphia, PA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Chest-on-Chest (1750-75) from Philadelphia, PA attrib. Thomas Affleck with carvings attrib. to James Reynolds at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Bird carving detail atop Chest-on-Chest (1750-75) from Philadelphia, PA attrib. Thomas Affleck with carvings attrib. to James Reynolds at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Chest-on-Chest from Charlestown, MA by Benjamin Frothingham, Jr. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Chest-on-Chest from Newport, RI by Thomas Townsend at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Clothes press from Philadelphia, PA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Desk & bookcase from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Chest-on-Chest (1780-1800) from Charlestown, MA by Benjamin Frothingham, Jr. at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Chest-on-Chest (1772) from Newport, RI by Thomas Townsend at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Clothes press (1760-90) from Philadelphia, PA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Desk & bookcase (1765-90) from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Desk & bookcase from Salem, MA by workshop of Nathaniel Gould at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Desk & bookcase with heavy block & shell carvings from Newport, RI at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Bureau table from Massachusetts at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Desk from Norwich, CT at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Desk & bookcase (c1779) from Salem, MA by workshop of Nathaniel Gould at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Desk & bookcase with heavy block & shell carvings (1760-90) from Newport, RI at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Bureau table (1750-90) from Massachusetts at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Desk (1760-1800) from Norwich, CT at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Desk from Colchester, CT by Benjamin Burnham at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Chest of drawers with heavy block & shell carvings from Newport, RI by John Townsend at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Chest of drawers with bombé curve from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Wash basin stand on tripod with cutouts for soap dishes & lower shelf for water bottle from Newport, RI at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Desk (1769) from Colchester, CT by Benjamin Burnham at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Chest of drawers with heavy block & shell carvings (1765) from Newport, RI by John Townsend at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Chest of drawers with bombé curve (1770-90) from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Wash basin stand on tripod with cutouts for soap dishes & lower shelf for water bottle (1765-90) from Newport, RI at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Tilt-top tea table from Philadelphia, PA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Folding card, chess & backgammon table from New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Card table with candlestick holder in corner plus indent for chips owned by Samuel Verplanck of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Armchair owned by Samuel Verplanck of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Tilt-top tea table (c1765) from Philadelphia, PA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Folding card, chess & backgammon table (1760-90) from New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Card table with candlestick holder in corner plus indent for chips (c1767) owned by Samuel Verplanck of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Armchair (c1770-90) owned by Samuel Verplanck of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Upholstered cabriole-leg Rococo settee from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Masonic armchair prob. from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of symbol on back of Masonic armchair prob. from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Tall clock beside card table both from Newport, RI by John Townsend at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Upholstered cabriole-leg Rococo settee (1760-90) from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Masonic armchair (1775-90) prob. from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Detail of symbol on back of Masonic armchair (1775-90) prob. from Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Tall clock (1789) beside card table (c1786) both from Newport, RI by John Townsend at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Tall clock by Robert Joyce of New York City was presented by Alexander Hamilton to the Philadelphia-based Bank of the United States at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Gilt-bronze mantle clock of American Independence with figure made in Paris for American market at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington figural mantel clock by Jean-Baptiste Dubuc of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Gulian Verplanck portrait by John Wesley Jarvis over work table, leather library chair & footstool all at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Tall clock (c1797) by Robert Joyce of New York City was presented by Alexander Hamilton to the Philadelphia-based Bank of the United States at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Gilt-bronze mantle clock of American Independence (1800-39) with figure made in Paris for American market at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.George Washington figural mantel clock (c1815) by Jean-Baptiste Dubuc of Paris at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Gulian Verplanck portrait (c1811) by John Wesley Jarvis over work table, leather library chair (attrib. workshop of Duncan Phyfe) & footstool all (1805-15) at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Work table with spring-latched elements attrib. workshop of Duncan Phyfe of New York at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Work table for both sewing & writing by Lemuel Churchill of Boston at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Cellaret from New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Pair of knife boxes with cylindrical group of reeds typical of Baltimore, MD at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Work table with spring-latched elements (1810-2) attrib. workshop of Duncan Phyfe of New York at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Work table for both sewing & writing (1810-20) by Lemuel Churchill of Boston at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Cellaret (1810-20) from New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Pair of knife boxes (1815-25) with cylindrical group of reeds typical of Baltimore, MD at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Center table by Anthony G. Quervelle of Philadelphia with Greek-revival klismos-style side chairs attrib. workshop of John & Hugh Finlay of Baltimore, MD at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Girandole mirror from USA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Girandole mirror probably from New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Alarum Timepiece patented by Simon Willard of Roxbury, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Center table (c1830) by Anthony G. Quervelle of Philadelphia with Greek-revival klismos-style side chairs (c1815-25) attrib. workshop of John & Hugh Finlay of Baltimore, MD at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Girandole mirror (1820-25) from USA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Girandole mirror (1820-30) probably from New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Alarum Timepiece (aka Lighthouse clock) (1825-30) patented by Simon Willard of Roxbury, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Argand lamp with original Grecian style finish by Henry N. Hooper & Co. of Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Cast iron Grecian style stove by Francis S. Low & John S. Leak of Albany, NY at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Girandole candlestick possibly by Cornelius & Co. of Philadelphia at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Square piano by Robert Nunns & John Clark of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Argand lamp with original Grecian style finish (c1835) by Henry N. Hooper & Co. of Boston, MA at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Cast iron Grecian style stove (c1844) by Francis S. Low & John S. Leak of Albany, NY at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Girandole candlestick (c1851) possibly by Cornelius & Co. of Philadelphia at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Square piano (1853) by Robert Nunns & John Clark of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Carved Rococo-style side chair by J.H. Belter & Co. of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Carved Rococo-style sofa by J.H. Belter & Co. of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Étagère over sideboard by Alexander Roux of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Rococo-revival Étagère by Alexander Roux of New York City displaying Parian porcelain vases from Bennington, VT at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Carved Rococo-style side chair (c1855) by J.H. Belter & Co. of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Carved Rococo-style sofa (c1850-60) by J.H. Belter & Co. of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Étagère over sideboard (c1853) by Alexander Roux of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Rococo-revival Étagère (c1855) by Alexander Roux of New York City displaying Parian porcelain vases (1849-58) from Bennington, VT at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Gothic revival side chair by Alexander Jackson Davis & attrib. maker Burns & Brother of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.


Gothic revival side chair (c1857) by Alexander Jackson Davis & attrib. maker Burns & Brother of New York City at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.


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