Modernism and Historical Styles

Question 1

Answer 1

Maria Theresa Baldwin Hollander, abolition quilt, silk embroidered with silk and silk-chenille thread, c. 1853. Collection of Historic New England (formerly Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities) (HNE).

Question 2

Answer 2

Tiffany and Company, manufacturing and retail silversmith jeweler, mounted section of the transatlantic telegraph cable, 1858, steel and brass. Collection of D. Albert Soeffering.

Question 3

Answer 3

Manufacturer unknown, roller-printed wallpaper depicting west side of Wall Street, the Battery and Castle Garden, Wall Street with Trinity Church, Grace Church, and City Hall, New York, c. 1850.

Question 4

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John Henry Belter (active in New York, 1844-63), Tete-a-Tete, rosewood, c. 1850-60.

Question 5

Answer 5

Attributed to Belter, sofa, rosewood, silk upholstery (replaced), c. 1855. MCNY

Question 6

Answer 6

Alexander Roux (c. 1813-1886), Sideboard, rosewood with walnut, tulip, poplar, glass, and marble, 1850-57. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC).

Question 7

Answer 7

Ignatius Lutz (1817-1860), Sideboard, oak, yellow poplar, marble, Philadelphia, PA, 1850-60. Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFAB).

Question 8

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Possibly J. and J. W. Meeks, side chair, rosewood, probably replacement underupholstery, replacement showcover, casters, New York, c. 1850. MMA.

Question 9

Answer 9

Alexander Roux, Cabinet, c. 1866. MMA.

Question 10

Answer 10

Causeus, probably United States, rosewood, silk upholstery (replaced), c. 1855. Collection of the Natchez National Historical Park, Melrose.

Question 11

Answer 11

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, and paint, c. 1849-58. Collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York (MWPI).

Question 12

Answer 12

Showroom of the Montalbano-Majestic Wood Carving Company, Chicago, c. 1929.

Question 13

Answer 13

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, c. 1860. Collection of Victoria Mansion, The Morse-Libby House, Portland, ME.

Question 14

Answer 14

William S. Wooten, Secretary, manufactured by Wooten Desk Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis, IN, walnut, maple, pine, and bronze mounts, c. 1880-84. High Museum of Art.