17th Century (Week 1) Flashcards
Mannerist/ Late Renaissance
1650 - 1720
Pilgrim Century, 1st Period
architectural qualities
massive feel, short broad proportions
color
Maniera = carved and applied strapwork, artificiatlity
Boston settlement
Settled by John Winthrop in 1630
“City upon a hill”
international trade, markets, major port to England
flourishing craft system - silversmiths, cabinet makers, upholstery
17th Century Case Forms
Box
Chest
Chest with one or two drawers
Cupboards
Cabinets
Chest of drawers
17th Century Tables & Seating Furniture
Trestle tables
Draw tables
Wainscot Chairs
Turned Chairs
Leather Cheairs
Upholstered chairs
Forms
Joint Stools
17th Century Shop Traditions
Ralph Mason-Henry Messinger-Thomas Edsall (Boston)
William Searle/Thomas Dennis (Ipswich, MA)
Symonds (Salem, MA)
John Thurston, Dedham (Medfield)
Ephraim Tinkham II (Plymouth)
John Taylor and Harvard College joinery (Cambridge)
Emery shops (Newbury)
Peter Blin (Wethersfield)
Chest Terms
Chair Terms
Chest of drawers terms
1650 - 1710
New Endland (Dedham, MA)
Joined Chest attributed to John Thurston
no drawer
3 free floating panels
lightly carved, frame and panel construction
not wide
framed support network with long feet
2 boards rest on trestles
only 3 surviving exampls
Leather Chair, late 1600s
original leather upholstery
Wainscot Chair
1690
Essex County, MA
2 horizontal panels
Green upholstery Chair
Boston (other example Salem)
late 1600s
Cupboard
Norther Essex County, MA (Newberry)
1670-1690
Maple
applied ornament style - spindles, moldings, bosses painted black (resemble ebony), columns, carving
Status symbol of wealth, displayed silver & other objects
Box
New England
1680 - 1690
Mason-Messinger-Edsall Shop
Boston
1650-1660
spindles, large border
flat top to display okects
Wainscot Chair
New England
1690
Turned Chair
Massachusetts
1680 - 1695
Searle Chest
attributed Thomas Dennis & William Searle
Ipswich, Massahusetts
1670-1690
Cupboard
Virginia
1650 - 1710
bosses, turned columns
architectural
17th Century Silver
Where did silver come from?
Techniques?
foreign coins, old/out of style/damaged objects
Techiques: raising, chasing, soldering, casting
Boston Silversmiths
John Hull and Robert Sanderson (Hull & Sanderson) 1652
Jeremiah Dummer - 1st native born American silversmiht
John Coney - new forms, stylish, ahead of curve
Edward Winslow
John Noyes
Timothy Dwight
Wine Cup
Hull and Sanderson
Boston
1650 -1670
balustrer stem
church silver domestic form
Candlesticks
Jeremiah Dummer
Boston
1686
Caudle Cup, 2-handled cup
John Coney
1690 - 1700
Boston
hammering on surface, mannerist motifs, caryatid heads on handles
Mason, Messinger, Edsall
Chest of Drawers with Door
1650-1670
snake wood, maple, oak (carcass)
architectural ornament
Cabinet
Symonds Shop
Salem, MA
1660-1680
helped organize the home
kept small valuables
Mary Pease Chest
1690-1710
Red and Black paint
frame and panel construction (mortise & tendon)
