Early Baroque (Week 2) Flashcards
High Chest of Drawers (landmark form for William & Mary Style)
Boston
1690 - 1720
maple - inverted cup legs
burled walnut veneer
vertical emphasis, lighter emphasis
dovetail joints
Escritoire
Rhode Island
1720s
writing form - front of upper section falls forward
Japanned High Chest of Drawers
Boston
1710 - 1720
Maple
Banister-back Armchair
Eastern Massachusetts/Boston
1710-1740
maple, ash, rush
turnings, scrolled arms, architectonic banisters, carved crest rail
commanding presence
often painted black
Early Baroque Silver
Design elements
Boston & NY were silver centers in America
gadrooning and fluting
decorated vs. undecorated passages
point vs. counterpoint
sparkling light effects
natural ornament and geometric forms
hammering (raised work), chasing, soldering, casting, engraving
Boston Silversmiths
John Coney - first to make many new forms, stylish, ahead of the curve
Jeremiah Dummer - America’s first native born silversmith
Edward Winslow - sugar boxes (also Coney)
New York Silversmiths
Jacob Bolen
Cornelius Kierstede
Jacob Van der Spiegel
Bartholomew LeRoux
Peter Van Dyck
Edward Winslow
Chocolate Pot
Boston
1700-1710
gadrooning, smooth surfaces
Jeremiah Dummer
Standing Salt
Boston
1710
Sugar Box
John Coney
Boston
1700 - 1710
John Coney
Monteith Bowl
Boston
1700 - 1720
large punch bowl with scalloped edge
rinsing and cooling wine glasses, stem through scalloped edge
large handles, decorative ornamental features, cherubs
Coney’s masterpiece!
Early Baroque Dates
William and Mary Style
1690-1730
Cane Side Chair
Boston
1690-1705
Beech wood & cane seating/back
made in large quantities in London and shipped to America
carved, scroll crest rail, tall back
Jeremiah Dummer
Boston
Standing salt form
scrolls on top to hold plate or cloth to cover salt
plain and decorative surfaces
gadrooning
Desk
1700-1720
walnut veneer, maple feet
turned feet (bun feet) painted black
dovetail drawers
slant lid supported by lopers
Easy Chair
Boston
1690-1730
sometimes fitted with chamber pot
increased international connections led to increased comfort
High Chest
Connecticut
1700-1720
Cherry
3 arched skirt, ungainly proportion
Chest with Secretary Drawers
Boston
1730
Walnut, walnut veneer
double domed upper case, inlay decoration in pediment
Desk and Bookcase
1725
Boston
walnut veneer
Ward’s Fav, mariner star inlay, broken pediment
vertical over wide
elaborate set of pigeon holes on inside
John Coney
Chocolate Pot
1710
Boston
cut card decoration, asian form
John Coney
Plate
engraving on borders
rare form because so expensive
Tankard
Richard Conyers
Boston
1710-1720
cherub head at hand terminal
gadrooning on flat lid
Wine Cup
Jeremiah Dummer
Boston
1710-1720
reeding and fluting (in and out sections), spiral gadrooning
architectural baluster form
domestic form but owned by a church
Brandywine Bowl
Cornelius Kierstede
1700
New York
each panel has decorative eleemnts
largest bowls known made by Americans
Edward Winslow
Sugar Box
Boston
1700s
gadrooning, ornament
Tankard
New York
1700s
more elaborate ornament than Boston tankard
figures all down handle, applied foliat eband soddered in place
