Colonial Revival and Aestheticism

Question 1

Answer 1

Maria Theresa Baldwin Hollander, abolition quilt, ca. 1853, silk embroidered with silk and silk-chenille thread. HNE.

Question 2

Answer 2

Kittinger Furniture Company, chest of drawers, mahogany, tulip, pine, Buffalo, NY, c. 1976.

Question 3

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Karl Müller (1820-1887), Centennial Vase, produced by Union Works Porcelain Works (1863-ca. 1922), Greenpoint, New York, 1876. BMA.

Question 4

Answer 4

Bitters bottle, glass, 1876.

Question 5

Answer 5

Maker unknown, George Washington Quilt, cotton, c. 1876.

Question 6

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Maker unknown, Platform rocking chair made from spinning wheel parts, c. 1890. Collection of The Strong Museum of Play (formerly the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum), Rochester, New York.

Question 7

Answer 7

Erik Magnussen, designer, candlesticks and vase, Gorham Silver Manufacturing, Providence, RI, 1927. Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art.

Question 8

Answer 8

Tiffany and Company, Porringer, silver and ivory, c. 1898. Collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Question 9

Answer 9

William Adams & Sons of England for Bloomingdale’s Department Store, plate depicting Fraunces Tavern, “Old New York” Series, earthenware, 1914-1940.

Question 10

Answer 10

Val-Kill Shop, Chest of Drawers, pine, 1927-1936.

Question 11

Answer 11

Winthrop Furniture Co., “Colonial Gateleg Corner Cabinet,” from Winthrop Furniture Co. Catalog (Boston, 1925).

Question 12

Answer 12

Wallace Nutting, Incorporated, #451 Writing Arm Windsor Chair, painted pine, ash, and maple, c. 1922. Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum.

Question 13

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Wallace Nutting Company, Cupboard, oak, white pine, Framingham, MA, c. 1928. YUAG.

Question 14

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Cover image of The Bulletin announcing the opening of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, November 1924.

Question 15

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Rookwood Pottery, Vase, 1882. Collection of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art.

Question 16

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Harriet Elizabeth Wilcox, decorator, Rookwood Pottery, vase, Cincinnati, 1899. Collection of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art.

Question 17

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Associated Artists, Veterans (Tiffany) Room, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, 1879-80.

Question 18

Answer 18

Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932), Screen, teak, plaited matting and mixed metals, Ahmedabad, India and/or New York, ca. 1881-90. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.