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Creator: Linnell, William, ca. 1703-1763
Title: Bed
Date: ca. 1754
Description: From Badminton House, Gloucestershire
Description: The bed was originally hung with a chintz, but since there is no record of its design or color, the bed is shown with a partial set of "ghost" hangings
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum
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Creator: Ebenezer Tracy, American, 1744 - 1803, (Maker)
Title: Bow-back Windsor Armchair
Work Type: Furniture
Period: 18th century
Date: 1785-1795
Material: White oak, chestnut, hard maple |
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Creator: Anonymous
Title: Cape Cod style house
Title: View Description: exterior, facade
Work Type: House
Date: creation date: 1790
Location: Dennis, Massachusetts, United States
Material: wood
Style Period: Vernacular
Style Period: Federal
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1805 caricature of Brummell by Richard Dighton
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Creator: North and Central America, North America, United States, New York
Title: Card Table
Work Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Work Type: Furniture
Date: 1755/90
Material: Mahogany with tulip poplar, white oak, and white pine. |
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–Louis Le Vau - architect
–Charles LeBrun - painter
–Andre Le Notre - landscape
Culture: French
Title: Château de Versailles: view of the castle from the park
Work Type: palace
Location: Versailles, France
Collection: Italian and other European Art (Scala Archives)
begun 1678
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–Louis Le Vau - architect
–Charles LeBrun - painter
–Andre Le Notre - landscape
Culture: French
Title: Château de Versailles: view of the castle from the park
Work Type: palace
Location: Versailles, France
Collection: Italian and other European Art (Scala Archives)
begun 1678
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Chest on Chest
Samuel McIntire
1796
Federalist
Mahogany
American ( Boston)
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Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington & Wm. Kent, English, 1729
Example of a neo-classical , Palladian designed house
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Detail of the gardens, George-Louis Le Rouge, drawing
1776-1787
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Ceiling design – Robert Adam
Kenwood House, 1764-1779
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Frog Service dessert plate, Wedgewood, 1773 , creamware, Empress Catherine II of Russia
View of Castle Acre Castle, Norfolk |
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Drawing Room, Landsdowne House, Robert Adam, 1766-75, English
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Dress
Place of origin:UK (made)
Date:1810-1815 (made)
Artist/Maker:unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques:Patterned cotton, hand-sewn |
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Creator: Anna Maria Garthwaite, 1690 - 1763
Title: DRESS FABRIC by Anna Maria Garthwaite
Work Type: Textiles
Date: 1742
Material: Brocaded silk
Measurements: 115 x 54 cm
Description: Woven in Spitalfields, London |
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Creator: Unknown
Culture: European; British; English
Title: GATE-LEG TABLE
Work Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Date: 1700-1710
Material: Elm, turned and joined |
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Title: Jacquard loom
Description: Textile Industry: Loom
Subject: Industrial revolution
Subject: Looms
Subject: Technology
Subject: Textile Industry
Subject: Textile mills |
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Jean-François Oeben
French, Paris, about 1750
Oak veneered with various dyed woods; iron mechanism; gilt-bronze mounts
H: 2 ft. 4 3/4 in. x W: 2 ft. 5 1/8 in. x D: 1 ft. 2 7/8 in.
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Title: Jethro Coffin House
Title: View Description: general view
Work Type: House
Date: creation date: 1686, restoration date: 1987
Location: Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Material: construction: shingle, wood (plant material)
Style Period: American Colonial |
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Creator: Jean-BaptisteLebas, European; French, (artist)
Title: Louis XV fauteuil; pair from a set of eight
Work Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Work Type: Furniture
Date: after 1756
Material: gilt wood with upholstery
Measurements: H.38-1/2 x W.27 x D.24 in. |
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Creator: Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779
Title: Designs: from "The Gentleman and Cabinet- maker's Director": det.: ribbon-backed chairs
Date: 1754
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Creator: Shaker
Title: Shaker chair
Date: ca. 1830
Material: Maple and birch, red-brown stain; woven taped seat (top seat dates ca. 1850; original hand-woven seat below, with scatter pattern, ca. 1830)
Measurements: 41 1/2 x 18 x 14 in. (105.4 x 45.7 x 35.6 cm) |
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Shelf Clock
Eli Terry
1816-1825
Mahogany, tulip, cherry, white oak,
American, Federalist
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Title: Sofa (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Work Type: Furnishings.
Work Type: Furniture.
Work Type: Seating furniture.
Work Type: Sofas.
Date: 1775-1780.
Material: Wood (plant material)
Material: Hardwood.
Material: Mahogany. |
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Spinning Mule, textile machine to spin cotton, Samuel Crompton, 1779
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Title: Ref.: Steam! Steam! Steam! lithograph accompaning song sheet sung at Vauxhall pleasure gardens and in music-halls
Date: c.1830
Location: England
Subject: Industrial revolution--England
Subject: Lithography
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Creator: unidentified artist/maker
Title: Suit (Coat, waistcoat and breeches)
Work Type: Costume and Jewelry
Work Type: Costume
Date: 1800-15
Material: with non-period accessories: neck cloth, sleeve ruffles, stockings, shoes; floral designs in the Pillement style embroidered with polychrome silk threads on light brown silk taffeta ground
Measurements: L (coat, center back): 107.0 cm L (breeches, side seam): 68.5 cm L (waistcoat, center back): 67.0 cm
Style Period: France |
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Creator: Unknown, (Maker)
Culture: American
Title: Tilt-top Tea Table
Work Type: Furniture
Period: 18th century
Date: 1760-1770
Material: Mahogany, soft maple |
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UPRIGHT SECRETARY
Adam Weisweiler
1790
French
Oak veneered with exotic woods, ormolu,lacquered panels
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Potpourri "vessel" in the shape of a ship,
Joseph SiffredDuplessis
soft paste porcelain
1760
French
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Wall Light
Thomas Johnson
1758
Mahogony and Painted Pine
English
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Creator: Attributed to André-Charles Boulle the Elder
Title: Wardrobe (Armoire)
Work Type: furniture
Date: c. 1700
Material: oak, ebony and amaranth veneer, Boullemarquetry, brass, tortoiseshell, horn, polychrome wood marquetry, gilt bronze
Measurements: 255.5 x 157.7 x 58.8 cm
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Creator: Georges Jacob, European; French, 1739-1814
Title: Arm Chair [Fauteuil]
Work Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Date: c. 1780/1785
Material: Gilded wood and Beauvais tapestry
Measurements: 91.4 cm x 64.7 cm x 55.8 cm |
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