Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Corner cupboard
Object Number:
1950.298
Date:
1875-1890
Medium:
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions:
Overall: 100 1/2 x 50 3/4 x 26 1/2 in. ( 255.3 x 128.9 x 67.3 cm )
Description:
Mahogany corner cupboard in two sections; upper section with broken scroll pediment with carved rosettes centering a finial, corner finials, and a carved shell between scrolling foliage and fluted fan below; upper cupboard with two doors, each with double-arched window frame; lower section with gadrooning on top and bottom edges and three drawers with convex fronts over a pair of cupboard doors, each with central panel with intaglio shell surrounded by fans; carved and shaped skirt with shell at center, and bracketed ball-and-claw feet.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Major Edward Gilbert Schermerhorn, in memory of his wife, Charlotte Tiedemann
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
