Historical Revivals Flashcards

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Design attributed to Thomas E. Warren possibly manufactured by American Chair Company, Troy, NY Centripetal Spring Chair cast iron, steel, birch, yellow poplar, basswood, brass, paint 1849-58, Rococo revival Ergonomic - supports the body in movement Anthropometric - measurements of the body, how body performs with least amount of strain interest in comfort, supportive back, spring seating, overstuffed cushion

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1845 - 1870 Looking at classical architecture, symmetry, classical orders reference to architecture within furniture clear formal order building within a piece of furniture

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Showroom of the Montalbano-Majestic Wood Carving Company Chicago 1929

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Herts and Company, New York Bedstead, 1876 from Walter Smith, *Industrial Art: Masterpieces of the Centennial Exhibition* Renaissance Revival

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Gustave Herter Reception Room Cabinet Bird's eye maple, rosewood, ebony, marquetry of various woods, white pine, cherry, poplar, oak, oil on canvas, gilt bronze mounts, brass inlay, gilding, mirror glass 1860 Symmetry, ornaments, restrained, rectangular forms interlaid ordered, referencing classical architecture Renaissance Revival

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Attributed to M. & H. Schrenkeisen Armchair rosewood, ash, eastern white pine, gilding, reproduction upholstery New York 1870-75

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William S. Wooten Secretary, 1880-84 manufactured by Wooten Desk Manufacturing Company Indianapolis, IN walnut, maple, pine, bronze mounts Renaissance revival, small building in a desk, architectural order industrial produced, 4 different models, modern

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1861/78 - 1924 belief that best way to identify America's art was looking back to America's history promotes a national identity, embodies American past starting point Centennial Crystal Palace - passion for colonial revival of colonial/patriotic emblems to honor past motives: preservation, pride, American values, quest simplicity, national & cultural identity, spririt of commerce

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Kittinger Furniture Company Chest of Drawers mahogany, tulip, pine Buffalo, NY 1976 very late date shows how hard to pinpoint colonial revival to a specific period

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McKim, Mead and White, Inglenook Isaac Bell House Newport, RI 1883 recording history of colonial architecture

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Karl Muller, German immigrant Centennial Vase Union Works Porcelain Works Greenpoint, NY 1876 George Washington, Buffalo - frontier land, manifest destiny view of factory, plow, telegraph, steamship, woman sewing celebration how far the US has come

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Bitters Bottle glass 1876 probably made for Centennial Exposition "George Washington Slept Here" Marling - 1876 Centennial Expo

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Maker Unknown George Washington Quilt cotton 1876 Centennial Exhibition, American Pride

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Maker Unknown Platform Rocking Chair made from spinning wheel parts 1890 colonial revival completely made up, fabricated probably did not use historic spinning wheel interpreted past very loosely

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John Colby and Sons Chippendale Chair early 20th century company sells historic objects & reproductions, antique less expensive than reproductions differences to Chippendale Director designs, broader, shorter, squat ways to exemplify colonial aspects of furniture leads to misinterpretation - inspired by colonial

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Erik Magnussen, designer Gorham Silver Manufacturing Company Candlestick & Vase Providence, RI, 1927 interpretation of the colonial, idea of delicate fluting express consumer desire for new furniture to go with old furniture

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Tiffany & Company Porringer Silver and ivory 1898 colonial revival

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William Adams & Sons of England for Bloomingdales Department Store Plate depicting Fraunces Tavern, "Old New York" series earthenware 1914 - 1940 market for colonial revival begins increasing rise in collectors, scholarship accesibility and promoted in department stores

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Val-Kill Shop Chest of Drawers pine 1927 - 1936 Val-Kill - Eleanor Roosevelt's family home Economical interpretation during Great Depression "Revivals! Colonials Revival in American Craft" Rhodes

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Cover, *Antiques* Jan. 1922 rise of Antiques Magazine 1922 response to consumer/market demand range of antiques

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Winthrop Furniture Co. "Colonial Gateleg Corner Cabinet" from Winthrop Furniture Co. Catalogue Boston 1925 leg that swings open, meant to be moved, reduced its form not practical to put family china in chest with moving leg "Revivals! Colonial Revival in American Craft" Rhodes

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Wallace Nutting, Incorporated #451 Writing Arm Windsor Chair painted pine, ash, and maple 1922 "Revivals! Colonial Revival in American Craft" Rhodes

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Wallace Nutting Company Cupboard oak, white pine Framingham, MA 1928 almost exact replica from workshop of Peter Blend "beauty, construction, style" Nutting retreats from modernism but factory is very modern with emphasis on industry to sell his reproduction furniture

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Cover Image of *The Bulletin* announcing the opening of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY 1924 most famous example of colonial revival modern building with interior colonial rooms creates expansion of colonialism and new collecting boom

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A.J. Downing A Cottage in the English or Rural style *Cottage Residences* 1842 elongated form, applied ornament

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1820 - 1845 Cole loves Gothic Court designed by Pugin at 1851 Crystal Palace, adheres to his values of honest construction return to Gothic as way to return to British history quartrefoils, trefoils, gargoyles, darkness, pointed arches, butresses gothic window - tracery unification of all art - architecture, moralistic designs

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Richard Byrne Hall chair for Lyndhurst 1845 quatrefoil, clover, rose window as back of chair

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Gustave Herter, designer (German immigre) Bulkely and Herter, cabinetmaker Bookcase, 1853 white oak, eastern white pine, eastern hemlock,yellow poplar, leaded glass (replacement) Gothic Revival level of craftsmanship, high skill, pointed arches break front, lots of ornament and detail

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Isaac Scott Crib made for Frances Glessner 1878

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Maker unknown Etagere probably New York rosewood, satinwood, yellow-poplar, black walnut, glass 1840 - 1860 Gothic Revival

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Jenney Sideboard executed by ISaac Scott mahogany with ebony and holly cameo carving 1875 Gothic Revival

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F.W. Krause Patent Gothic Star Chair walnut 1876

Historical Revivals Flashcards

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