INDEX
Illustrations are indicated by “f” following page numbers.
Tabular material is indicated by “t” following page numbers.
A. H. Davenport Co., 351, 356–68, 358f, 360f, 362–68f
acanthus leaf motif, 120, 124n45, 128, 129f, 132, 141, 227, 230, 237n27, 269f, 269–70, 277, 287n144, 289n182, 299
The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashion and Politics, 189f, 273
Adam, Jean Victor, 254f
Adams, Charles Francis, 236n20, 284n86, 287n158
Adams, Hannah, 302
Adams, Nathaniel, Sr., 22, 32n11
Adams National Historic Site (Quincy, Mass.), 75n1, 236n21, 273
advertising, 335. See also social media changes; specific newspapers and magazines
advice books, importance of, 340–41
Albany, N.Y., court of appeals, 359
Allen, Daniel, 36
Allen, Isaac, 235
allopoietic system, furnituremaking shop as, 209, 211
Allston, Washington, 305, 310–11
Rosalie, 300
American Antiquarian Society, 232
American Architect and Building News, 359, 360f
American Art Association, 122nn5–6
“American Kings” set of prints, 310f, 311
The American Magazine of Useful & Entertaining Knowledge, 152f, 153
Amory, Mehitable (Sullivan) Cutler, 260
Amory and Taylor, 181
Andrew Low House (Savannah, Ga.), 236n21
Antiques, 195, 225, 226, 239, 240f, 297
Antiques and Fine Art, 195
Appleton, Frances (wife of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), 237n29, 287n146, 309
Appleton, Harriot (second wife of Nathan), 230, 237n26, 287n146
Appleton, Maria Theresa (first wife of Nathan), 229–30, 237n26
Appleton, Nathan (1779–1861), 258, 260–61, 264, 270, 270f, 275, 277, 287n146, 288n174, 289n182, 300, 305, 306–7f, 308
house of, 229–30, 230–33f, 236n21, 237nn23–24, 262, 267, 269, 275, 285n112, 287n150, 287–88n160, 305–9, 308f
Appleton, Samuel, 229, 254, 264, 277
Appleton, William Sumner, 230, 237n24
Apthorp, Charles (1698–1758), 96, 100
Apthorp, Charles Ward (1726–1797), 96
Apthorp chairs, 93, 95–97, 100–102, 104, 107n27, 107n30, 108n56
Archbald, George, 232, 233, 246, 257, 273, 278, 279
Argo (schooner), 190
Arkansas History Commission, 196, 203, 206n6
armchairs. See also elastic chairs; Windsor chairs
armchair, Boston, 1720–30, 22, 22f
armchair, Boston, 1720–50, 24, 24f
armchair, Boston, ca. 1761, with loop and diamond splat (attrib. to Graham), 133, 135f
armchair, Boston, 1815–25, 227, 228f
armchair, England or Scotland, 1810–20, 226f, 227
armchair, New York, 1745–60, 104, 105f
Grecian armchair, Boston, 1820 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman, upholstery by Hedges), 274f, 275
Grecian armchair, Boston, 1820–23 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman, upholstery by Hedges), 274f, 275
Arnitt, William, 148n19
Arnold, John, 148n19
Art Institute of Chicago, 236n22
Atlanta History Center, 236n18
authenticity issues
Karolik collection, 110f, 121, 121f
turret-top tea tables, 120–21, 123n13
autopoietic system, furnituremaking shop as, 209, 211
Avery family desk, 170, 173, 176–77
· B ·
Babcock, Alpheus, 318–22, 320f, 326, 329, 330f, 331–33
Babcock, Appleton, and Babcock, 318–22, 321f
Bachelard, Gaston: The Poetics of Space, 167
Bacon, Francis H., 359–61, 359–60f, 362–64f, 363, 365, 366f, 367–68
Bacon, Joseph, 309
Badlam, Stephen, 210–11, 219, 223n7, 223n11, 293–94
Bahamas, 190
Bailey, O. H., 354f
Ballou’s Pictorial Magazine, 337, 346, 347
Baltimore, 30
Baltimore Museum of Art, 49, 61, 75n1
Gragg business dealings in, 203–5, 205f
Barber, John Warner: Sons of Liberty Protesting the Stamp Act by Attacking the House of Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hutchinson at Boston on 26 August 1765, 150f
Barker, Ann (née Raymond), 263, 286n124
Barker, James, 29f, 240–42, 246, 259, 263, 285n90, 286n124, 331
Barrett, Samuel, 181
Barron, James, 276
Bass, Benjamin, Sr. (1734–1813), 240–42
Bass, Benjamin, Jr. (1775–1819), 13, 187, 239–49, 242–44f
biography of, 240–43
estate inventory of, 243, 249n18
“Grand Side Board” and attribution, 241–43f, 243–47, 246f
journeymen living with, 240–41, 249n14, 249n19
Bayard, Hester (wife of John Van Cortlandt), 96
Baynton, Peter, 99
Bayou Bend collection (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston), 109, 111f, 117, 117–18f, 122, 289n182
Beacon Hill (Boston), 28, 29, 229
Beacon Street (Boston), 229–30, 232, 262, 271, 277
Beck family home, Brookline, Mass, 117, 117f, 122, 123n12
bedroom furnishings (Sewall), 35–36
beds and bedsteads
high-post bedstead, Boston, 1760–80 (attrib. to Graham), 140f, 141
Howe’s Patent Rocker-Pivot Spring Beds, 343
Belcher, Jonathan, 133
Belden, Sophia Miles, 228, 236n18
Bemis, Charles, 278
Bemis, David, 253
Bemis, Mary. See Vose, Mary
Bemis, Seth, 256
Bemis & Vose, 278
benches
bench, Boston and East Cambridge, Mass., 1885 (A. H. Davenport Co.), 358f, 359
benches, Boston, 1818–22 [Sears family], 232, 234f
Benjamin, Asher, 229
The American Builder’s Companion; or, A New System of Architecture, 228, 228f, 247, 269f, 270
Benjamin Bass & Co, 242. See also Bass, Benjamin, Jr.
Bent, William and Adam, 316–18, 317f
bentwood furniture, 13, 195, 199–200, 201f, 206n2, 207n33
Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., 106n4, 107n19
Bickham, George: The Universal Penman (engraving), 173
Biedermeier form, 177
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.), 361
Blake, James G., 346
Blake, Thomas, 173
Blake and Cunningham, 305–6
Boardman, Elijah, 177n6
Board of Trade, 23
Bonner, John: The Town of Boston in New England 1722, 17f, 19, 20f
bookcases. See desks and bookcases
Boston. See also maps
1768 to 1790 period, 27
1790 to 1807 period, 27–28
1810 to 1835 craftsmen, 234
1820-1840 period, 30
anti-Papist, 253
auction houses, 29
bespoke work, 24, 26, 30, 100, 241
as center for furniture design and production, 17–33, 31–32n1, 97
colonial economy of, 18–19, 24, 45–46
conservative British taste of, 259
development of Boston Neck, 252–53
distribution of furniture shops, 1820–24, 28f, 29
export market, 19–22
fire of 1711, 169
fire of March 20, 1760, 24–25, 137–38, 139f
light-house view, 21f
Long Wharf, 23
lumber district, 255
maps of North End and South End, 20f
new charter for self-rule, 36, 46
population growth (1650–1860), 19, 19t, 30, 45
post-revolutionary economy, 27–28, 251, 252
roads and bridges, construction of, 28, 29
settlement areas, 19–21, 20f, 28
shipyards, 19
South End, 199, 252, 254, 281n8, 352
View of Boston and the south Boston bridge (Milbert), 254f, 258
Boston and Sandwich Glass Co., 336, 336f
Boston Athenaeum, 188, 236n22, 302, 309
Boston Cabinet Manufactory, 246
Boston Commercial Gazette, 302
Boston Custom House clearances (1744), citing furniture exports, 97, 97f
Boston Daily Advertiser, 288n171, 302, 304
Boston Furniture Archive, 12
Boston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century (Colonial Society 1974), 11
Boston Furniture Warehouse, 29, 246
Boston Gazette, 172
Bostonian Society, 236n22
Boston News-Letter, 36, 37, 45, 46n12
Boston Patriot, 240
Boston Public Library, 361
Boston rockers, 13. See also rocking chairs
Boston Selectman’s Committee, 252–53
Boston Theatre, 183, 184f, 259
bottle or kettle stand, probably Boston, 1745–65, 113, 113f, 124n27
Boulle-work panels, 261–62, 285n109
Bourgeault, Ronald, 125n49
Bowditch, Nathaniel Ingersoll, 281n14
Bowett, Adam, 37, 39, 42–43, 107n30, 123n20
Boyd, James, 197
Boylston, Nicholas, 104
Boynton, G. W.: map of Boston (engraving), showing the distribution of furniture shops, 1820–24, 28f
Brabrook, Ezra, 356–57
Bradshaw, Stephan, 202
Brazer, Esther Stevens, 50, 61
Breakers (Newport, R.I.), 361
Briggs, Cornelius, 235, 341–42f, 341–43, 348
Brigham, Anna Sophia, 241
Brigham, Elijah, 241
Bright, George, 122, 141, 171, 171f, 178n25
Brinckerhoff family, 169, 178n11
Brocas, John, 37, 41, 43, 47n26, 58f
Bromfield family, 95
Brooks, Abigail (wife of Charles Francis Adams), 236n20, 284n86, 287n158
Brooks, Ann (wife of Nathaniel L. Frothingtham), 262
Brooks, Peter Chardon, 228, 251, 251f, 254, 259, 262, 269, 273, 276, 280n1, 286n115, 288n161, 299
Buck, Adam, 228
Buckingham, Joseph, 290n199
Bucktrout, Benjamin, 103f
Bulfinch, Charles, 183, 252, 252f, 253, 283n63, 352
Buonanni, Filippo (publisher): Treatise on the Varnish Commonly Called Chinese, 54
bureaus, 177n3. See also desks and bookcases
Burgis, William
A South East View of Ye Great Town of BOSTON in New England in America (engraving by Harris), 152f
To the Merchants of Boston this View of the Light House is most humbly presented By their Humble Servt Wm Burgis, 21, 21f
Burns, Elias, 241
Bussey, Benjamin, 254, 257, 283n65
busts of classical figures, 157
Buys, Petronella, 51
· C ·
The Cabinetmaker & the Carver: Boston Furniture from Private Collections (Massachusetts Historical Society), 11
cabinets and cabinetmaking trade, 37–47. See also Munroe, William
cabinet on stand (cabinet: Kyoto, Japan, 1630–50; stand: England, ca. 1670), 51, 52f
hanging cabinet, Boston and East Cambridge, Mass., 1880–95 (attrib. to A. H. Davenport Co.), 368, 368f
cabriole legs, 49–50, 72, 79, 80f, 82, 88, 90n2, 100, 109, 114–15
Caldwell chairs, 107n18, 107n27
Caldwell Gallery, 106n4
Cambridge Chronicle, 352–56
Campbell, Lucinda. See Gragg, Lucinda Campbell
Canadian Maritime Provinces, 190, 193n18
cane chairs, 22f, 22–23, 36, 37, 47n22, 232
capitals
carved capital on possible Bass sideboard, Boston, 1810–15, 247, 247f
carved capital on Seymour sideboard, Boston, 1810–15, 247f
carver attribution unclear, 102, 103f
Corinthian capital, 1740–50 (carving attrib. to Welch), 102, 103f
Corinthian capital, Boston, ca. 1748 (carving attrib. to Welch), 102, 103f
Corinthian capital, Boston, ca. 1751 (carving attrib. to Welch), 102, 103f
Corinthian capital, probably Hartford, 1765–75, possibly 1767, 102, 103f
Corinthian capital, Williamsburg, 1766–77 (Bucktrout), 102, 103f
pianos, 326
Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House (Milton, Mass.), 236n21
card tables
Appleton’s pylon-based card table, 230
Boston late classical period, 228
card table, Boston, 1730–50, 113, 114f
card table, Boston, 1762–75 (attrib. to Graham), 132f, 141f, 149n30
card table, Boston, 1808–15 (attrib. to Seymour), 229f
card table, Boston, 1815–20, 234f
card table, Boston, 1817 (attrib. to Barker with Seymour, carving attrib. to Wightman), 29f
Foxcroft purchase from Bass and Barker, 249n17
Grecian card table(s), 29, 236n20
Grecian card table, Boston, 1816 (Seymour, carving by Wightman), 259f, 273
Grecian card table, Boston, 1819–23 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman) [aka Lymann card table], 272f, 274, 288nn162–63
Grecian card table, Boston, ca. 1820 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman), 267, 267f, 273
imported English examples of Grecian style, 273, 287n151
Salisbury card tables, 233, 267, 269, 273
Sears card tables, 232, 237n34
turreted card table, 124n30, 124n39
Caribbean islands as market for Boston furniture, 190–91, 191f, 193nn19–23, 205
Carnegie Museum of Art, 106n8
Carr, Melissa, 124n38
Carter, Robert, 107n26
carvers and carvings, 23, 101–4, 108n50, 256. See also capitals; claw-and-ball-foot carvings
chronology of styles, 132, 132f
case furniture (1690–1725), 35–47
best Boston furniture made for local sale, 98
interior space of, 175
Caucus Club, 138–40
Centennial Exposition (Philadelphia 1876), 348
center tables
Appleton’s marble-topped French-style center table, 230
Boston late classical period, 228
Grecian center table, Boston, 1819–22 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son), 271f, 271–72
Grecian center table, Boston, 1822–25 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son) [David Sears original owner], 232, 250f, 277, 289n185
Grecian center table, Boston, ca. 1824 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman) [aka Brooks center table], 272f, 273, 288nn162–63
Grecian center table, English, belonging to Parker family, 271
imported English examples of Grecian style, 273
Isaac Vose & Son, 287n150
Salisbury (Elizabeth Tuckerman) purchasing from Archbald, 233
Cermenati, Paul, 294
chairs. See also specific types (e.g., easy, side, Windsor)
Apthorp chairs, 93, 95–97, 100–102, 104
Boston chairmakers, 21–27, 188, 197
crook-backed style, 91n4
cyma-curve shaped leg, 91n4
“draperies” effect, 226
Dutch style, 91n4
English style, 91n4
French foot, 91n4
Grecian chairs, 198, 227. See also armchairs; side chairs
group attributed to Graham, 127–49. See also side chairs
horse-bone chair leg, 88, 90n2, 91n4
identification of maker, 136–41, 147n5
India back, 91n4
Kaufman chairs, 236n14
New York origin for chairs, 12
process of making, 79–91, 83–88f
recumbent chair (Eliaers), 346
scroll-back chairs, 237n29
shield-back chairs, 226
swag-back, 226–28
veneers, 107
Champlin, Richard L., 76n20
Chapuis, Jean-Joseph, 195
Charles River bridge, 185
Charlestown, Mass., 185, 186, 186f
Chatelain, Jean-Baptiste-Claude, 302
chests. See also high chests
chest, Boston and East Cambridge, Mass., 1895–1905 (A. H. Davenport Co.), 365, 365f
chest, Boston and East Cambridge, Mass., 1904 (A. H. Davenport Co.), 367, 367f
chest of drawers, Boston, 1750–80, 18, 19
chest of drawers, Boston, ca. 1805 (attrib. to Munroe), 215, 217f, 220
chest of drawers, Boston area, 1700–15, 38, 38f
chest-on-chest, Boston, ca. 1730, 42f, 42–43
chest-on-chest, probably London, 1730–40, 43f
Derby family commode, 239, 247, 248f, 248n5
Hadley chest, 175
semicircular chest of drawers (carving by McIntire), 238f
Seymour commode, 248
tea chest (japanned), 156
Chickering, Jonas, 14, 324, 331–33, 331–33f, 343
Child, John, 60
Child, Lydia Maria: The Rebels, or Boston before the Revolution, 154
Child family, 169–70
chimneys and fireplaces, 36, 46n9
Chippendale, Thomas, 173
The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director, 113, 132, 133f, 136
Chippendale chairs, 95, 99, 107n25, 136, 141
Chipstone Foundation, 56, 72, 77n25
Churchill, Lemuel, 211–12, 223n12, 243
Cincinnati, 30
Clap, John, 211
Clapp, Martha, 300
Clapp, Supply, 300
Clark, John, 138
Clark-Frankland house, 152f, 153
claw-and-ball-foot carvings, 101, 116–17, 116–17f, 119f, 119–20
chairs attributed to Graham, 132, 132f, 134, 135f, 140f, 142–46t
Clay, Henry, 348
Cleveland, Grover, 363
clocks and timepieces
clockcases with japanning, 50, 54, 75n1, 76n20
Concord timepiece cases compared to Boston and Roxbury’s, 221
diamond-head banjos, 216, 219, 224n27
eight-day clock, Concord, 1798–1800 (works by Daniel Munroe; case attrib. to Ammi White), 224n37
eight-day clock, Concord, ca. 1800 (works by Daniel Munroe; case attrib. to William Munroe), 215, 216–17f
eight-day clock, Concord, 1802–04 (D. Munroe & Co.), 219, 220f
eight-day clock, Concord, 1802–04 (Nathaniel and William Munroe), 219, 220f
Hutchinson inventory, 157
label of Daniel and Nathaniel Munroe on an eight-day clock, 218–19, 219f, 224n33
mark of William Munroe on eight-day clock, 219, 220f
Massachusetts shelf clock, 215, 216, 217f, 224n26
process of making, 215–17, 217f
profitability of clockmaking trade, 214
shelf clock, Stow, Mass., ca. 1810 (Whitcomb), 215, 217f
tall-case clock, Boston, 1740 (case: Stelling; works: Doane), 57, 57f
tall-case clock, Boston, 1745–55 (works by Brown), 26, 26f
tall-case clock; works by Higgins, London 1740–50; case, Boston 1790–1800, 158, 158f
timepiece, Concord, 1800–01 (works by Daniel Munroe, case attrib. to William Munroe), 217–18, 218f
timepiece, Concord, 1816–19 (works by Dyar, case attrib. to Wood or Adams), 221, 222f
Clough, Joseph, 148n19
Coates, Joshua, 29, 254–64, 255–56f. See also Vose, Coates & Co.; Vose & Coates
estate inventory of, 263, 286n119
life of, 254, 282n33, 283nn49–50, 285n94
coatings used in chairmaking, 90
Codman, Charles Russell, 260, 309, 312n24
Codman, John, 253
Codman, Martha C., 239
Codman family, 229
Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.), 313n62
Coercive Acts, 27
Cogswell, James, 281–82n29, 321–22
Coit, Job, Sr. (1692–1741), 45, 47n26, 168f
Coit, Job, Jr. (1717–1745), 168f
Colburn, James Smith, 229
Cole, Thomas: The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds, 302
Collet, Richard, 60
Collings, Albert J., 109, 124n32
Colonel Black Mansion (Ellsworth, Me.), 229
colonial revival style, 30
Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 11, 236n21
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 63, 67
Columbian Centinel, 242, 288n171, 293, 295, 302, 311, 334n5
Columbian Museum, 302
compass-seat chairs, 107n30
Concord, Mass. See also clocks and timepieces
Profile of Concord’s Milldam (Jarvis), 214, 215f
Concord Museum, 11, 215, 216, 223n2, 224n26
Cone, Joseph, Jr., 223n13
Connecticut chairmakers, 107n38
console table in White House, Boston, 1902 (designed by Bacon, made by A. H. Davenport Co.), 363, 364f
Constitutional Telegraph, 289n176
consumer goods, innovation in, 335–49. See also social media changes
Converse Memorial Library, Malden, Mass., 358f, 359
Cooke, Edward S., Jr., 169
Coolidge, Charles A., 361
Coolidge, Joseph, 265
Coolidge family, 229
Cooper, Wendy A., 107n13, 237n33
Classical Taste in America, 227–28, 232
Copley, John Singleton, 79, 93, 101–2, 104, 123–24n26
John Hancock, 172f
Mrs. Benjamin Hallowell, 161, 161f
Corinthian capitals. See capitals
corner chair with lancet and keyhold splat, Boston, 1763–75 (attrib. to Graham), 130, 130f
cottage style, 30
couches
Appleton family, 285n112
couch or daybed, probably Boston, 1730–60, 155, 155f
Grecian couch, Boston, 1817–19 (attrib. to Vose, Coates & Co.), 262, 262f, 289n177
Coutant, David, 100f
Cowell, William, 37
cradle: Windsor cradle, Boston, 1799–1802 (Seaver and Frost), 184, 185f
Crafts, Mary S., 298f
Craigie, Andrew, 351
Crehore, Benjamin, 14, 314f, 315–16, 318, 321
Crehore, John, 224n34
Crehore, William, 316
Crehore and Babcock, 318, 319f
crest rails
Appleton chairs, 258
Apthorp chairs, 93, 101–2, 102f
chairs attributed to Graham, 126f, 128f, 133, 142–46t
Gill side chairs, 127
Graham-attributed chairs, 127, 128f, 129–30, 135–37
Grecian side chairs (Isaac Vose & Son with carving by Wightman), 277, 277f
Lee chairs, 227–28
Orkney Islands chairs, 140, 148n21
process of making, 26, 82, 83f, 85–87f, 87–89
side chair, New York, 1745–60, 104, 105f
step-chairs, 348
two-seater settee, 183
Cristofori, Bartolomeo, 315
Crockford, William, 25
crossbracing, 127, 136, 288n172
Crown Coffee House, 37
Crowninshield, Clifford, 178n15
Crowninshield, Elizabeth (wife of Elias Hasket Derby), 133, 135f, 148n15
Crowninshield, George, Jr., 29f
Crowninshield family, 29
Crystal Palace exhibitions (New York), 345–46, 354
Cummings, Abbott Lowell, 156, 165n4
Cunningham, J. L., 29
cupid’s bow motif, 40, 94, 230
Currier, Nathaniel, 311
Currier Museum of Art, 236n22, 287n151
Curtis, Frances Greeley, 236n21
Curtis, George, 206
Curtis, Harriot Sumner (Appleton), 237n24, 275
Curtis, Lemuel, 221
Cutler and Amory, 253
· D ·
Dall, William, 253, 254, 257, 259, 263, 274, 283n65, 288n165
Dalton family, 93
Danforth, D., 184f
Daniel Munroe and Company, 218–19, 220f. See also Munroe, Daniel (brother of William)
Davenport, Albert H., 14, 356–68. See also A. H. Davenport Co.
death of, 368
house (Malden, Mass.), 361f, 362
portrait of, 357f
David, Jacques-Louis
Cain and Abel, 309
Coronation of Napoleon, 302
Davidson, George, 185
Davis, Alexander Jackson, 340
Davis, Amasa, 257
Davis, Caleb, 252–53
Davis, Nathaniel, 253
Davis, Robert, 48f, 50f, 60–72, 61–66f, 75n1
attributions to, 63–72
characteristics of signed pieces, 61–63
chrysanthemum flower motif, 63, 63f, 67, 71f
drawer corner treatment, 62f, 62–63, 67, 69–70f
raised ribbed shells, 62, 62f, 67, 69f
varying line thickness, 61, 61f, 67, 68f
Dean, Frances (Fanny) Fletcher, 285n96
Deane, E. Eldon, 358f
de Blieck, Daniël: Interior of St. Bavo Church, Haarlem, 307f, 308
Deborah (sloop), 181
DeFoe, Daniel: Compleat English Tradesman, 172
Demos, John, 176–77
Derby, Elias Hasket, 133, 135f, 141, 146, 148n15, 239
Derby, Elizabeth, 239, 256, 294, 311n9
Derby, Ezekiel H., house (Salem, Mass.), 227, 227f
Derby, John, 258
Derby, Richard, 141
commode, 239, 247, 248f, 248n5
desks and bookcases, 12, 167–79. See also escritoires; secrétaires
Appletons’ bookcases, 230
Davenport desk, Boston, 1820–25 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son), 270f, 270–71, 287n147
Davenport desk, probably London, 1815–20, 270, 270f, 287nn146–47
desk, Boston, 1750–70, 168, 168f
desk, Boston or vicinity, 1700–30, 169, 169f
desk and bookcase, Boston, 104
desk and bookcase, Boston, 1715–25, 170, 170–71f, 176
desk and bookcase, Boston, 1738 (Coit Sr. and Coit Jr.), 167, 168f
desk and bookcase, Boston, 1740–50, 173, 174f
desk and bookcase, Boston, ca. 1751 (carving attrib. to Welch), 102, 103f
desk and bookcase, Boston, 1760–65, 158–59, 159–60f
desk and bookcase, Boston, 1770–85 (Bright), 171, 171f
desk and bookcase, London, 1713 (Price), 43, 45f
desk and bookcase, London, ca. 1720 (Grendey, attrib.), 59, 59–60f
finial (possibly carved by Skillin Sr.), 160f
Hogarth print of, 166f, 167, 168
Hutchinson inventory, 157, 158–59
interiors of desks, 169–72
late colonial period, 24
library bookcases, East Cambridge, Mass., ca. 1865 (attrib. to John A. Ellis & Co.), 354, 354f
purposes and uses of, 172–73
Vermont Senate president’s desk (John A. Ellis & Co.), 350f, 352–53, 355f, 369n7
Detroit Institute of Arts, 236n22, 237n34
Devaltooth, Nathaniel, 305, 306, 308
Devereaux, James, 178n15
Dewing, Francis (engraving and printing), 17f
Dexter family, 229
Dickinson, S. N., 28f
Dickson, James A., 329
Dill, Emil, 121
dining tables
dining table, Boston and East Cambridge, Mass., ca. 1900 (A. H. Davenport Co.), 365f, 367
dining table (two-part), Boston, 1820–40, 30f
extension table (Briggs), 341, 341f
extension table, Boston 1843–45 (Briggs), 342f
Doane, John, 57f
document box (The Van Diemen Box), Japan, 1636–39, 51f
Dodge, William, 284n68
Doe, Hazelton Co., 354
Doggett, Betsy (sister of John), 294f
Doggett, Elizabeth Badlam (mother of John), 293, 299, 299f
Doggett, Farnsworth & Co. (Philadelphia), 309
Doggett, John, 13, 211, 292f, 293–311. See also framing; John Doggett & Co.
auction sales and customers, 305–9
catalogues of auction pieces, 305–6, 306f
early years of, 293–95
lithography business, 310–11
Looking Glass and Carpet Warehouse, 309–10
move to Boston, 295–302
portrait of, 300f
retirement of, 311
Doggett, Samuel (brother of John), 295, 300, 300f, 309
Doggett, Samuel (father of John), 293
Doggett, Sophia (wife of John), 309
Doggett & Williams, 295
Dolbeare, Edmund, 36
Dolbeare, John, 36
Dominy, Nathaniel, IV (1737–1812), 82f
Dominy, Nathaniel, V (1770–1852), 101f
Dominy family of East Hampton, 86, 99
Dossic, Robert, 76n23
Doughty, Thomas: Scene in Italy, 308
Douglas, Mary, 167
dovetailed drawers, 37–41, 39f, 42f, 43, 44f
Downing, Andrew Jackson, 335
The Architecture of Country Houses, 340–41, 341f
Draper, Samuel: Angel of Death Flying over the Great Boston Fire, 139f
dressing bureaus
dressing bureau, Boston, 1820–25 (Isaac Vose & Son), 263f, 265–66f, 266
dressing bureau with cheval mirror, East Cambridge, Mass., ca. 1860 (John A. Ellis & Co.), 353, 353f
dressing tables
dressing table, Boston, 1720–35 (japanning attrib. to Davis), 63, 66f, 68f
dressing table, Boston, 1819–22 (Isaac Vose & Son), 263f, 264, 267, 286n128
drop-leaf tables, 230, 265, 287n155
The Christ Rejected, 304
Dupee, Isaac, 102
du Pont, Henry Francis, 109, 112, 115, 121–22, 122n7, 124n32. See also Winterthur Museum
Dutch East Indies, 51
Dutch style, 91n4
· E ·
Earl, Ralph, 177n6
East Cambridge, Mass., 351f, 351–52, 354f, 368
Eastman, George, 365
Eastman House, Rochester, N.Y., 365
easy chairs, 161, 169, 241, 363
easy chair, Boston, 1756–80 (attrib. to Graham), 136, 138f
economy
1818 economic correction, 221
of colonial Boston, 18–19, 24, 45–46
of post-revolutionary Boston, 27–28, 251, 252
Edouart, Augustin: The Daniel P. Parker Family in the Front Parlor of their Home at 40 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 271, 271f, 287n148
Edwards, Jonathan, 178n10
Edwards, Samuel, 173
Egyptian chairs, 198
elastic chairs, 195–207
construction of, 197–200, 201f
elastic armchair, Boston, ca. 1810 (Gragg), 194f
elastic side chair, Boston, 1808–12 (Gragg), 194–95f, 199f, 201f
klismos form, relationship to, 197–99
patent (1808), 196, 196f, 199, 199f, 206
Eliaers, Augustus, 344–48, 345f, 347–48f
Eliot, Anna (wife of George Ticknor), 265
Eliot, Samuel, 254
Elizabethan style, 30
Ellis, John, 14, 350f, 351–56, 368, 368–69n6, 369n15. See also John A. Ellis & Co.
The Elms, Medford, Mass. (Peter Chardon Brooks estate), 259, 280n2
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 223
Emmons, Thomas, 235, 246, 257, 278, 281n29, 283n46
Emmons and Archbald, 233, 243, 246, 264, 278, 282n35, 285n106, 285n111, 290n202
Empire style, 284n82
England
carpet mills, 309
chair styles from, 91n4, 136, 181, 184, 192, 227. See also Chippendale, Thomas; Windsor chairs
double-dome cornice and secrétaire forms in, 43
early nineteenth century, influence on Boston design, 270–73
eighteenth century, influence on Boston design, 113, 136–37, 170, 227
high chests, popularity in, 38
“lately from London” styles, 36, 43
pianos imported from, 315
Pontypool japanning industry, 51
Vose & Coates selling furnishings from, 255
English Civil War (1642–51), 18
escritoires
escritoire, possibly Warren, R.I., 1700–30, 169f
escritorio, Boston, 2008 (Gómez-Ibáñez), 178n23
escritorio, Oaxaca, Mexico, ca. 1671, 176, 176f
étagères
Boston, 1861–65 (Croome), 339–40, 339–40f
John A. Ellis & Co. trade catalogue, 356f
Europe
Japanese and Chinese imports in, 51–52
Evans, Nancy Goyne, 93, 94f, 171–72, 207n20
Exposition maritime internationale du Havre (1868), 348
· F ·
fabrics and textiles, 25, 35, 36, 37, 43, 46nn5–7, 90, 153, 162, 164, 165n11, 165nn16–17, 171, 237n33, 258, 296. See also upholstered seating
Fame (privateer), 257
fancy furniture, 13, 29, 192, 199, 200, 202, 203, 243, 255, 288n166
Faneuil, Benjamin, 23
Farnsworth, Jacob, 309
fashion, rise of interest in, 36, 45, 47n31
Fayerweather, John (d. 1712, father of John), 95
Fayerweather, John (son, father of Margaret), 95
Fayerweather, Margaret (wife of Henry Bromfield), 95, 123n14
Fayerweather-Bromfield family, 93
Fayerweather chairs, 95, 96, 97
federal period, 335
Feld, Elizabeth, 225
Feld, Stuart, 225–26, 232, 235n6
Fichter, James R., 33n27
Fillmore, Millard, 344
Fisher, Alvan, 293, 302, 311, 311n2, 312n27, 312n32
Fisk, Samuel, 281n6
Fisk, William, 211, 235, 243, 278–79, 281n6
Fitch, Susan Mitchell Hall, 119
Fitzpatrick, Madame, 178–79n26
Fleeson, Plunkett, 99
Fleet, Thomas, 172
floral bouquets and motifs, 62–63, 62–63f, 67, 71f, 275, 288n174, 316, 341
Flynt, Henry, 109
Forget, R. C., 191f
Forman, Benno M., 26, 32n10, 37–38, 47n22, 47n26
Forster, Jacob, 281n18
Foster, James H., 251
Foster, John, 152
Foster, Sarah, 156
Foster-Hutchinson house. See Hutchinson, Thomas, Sr.
Fourdinois, A. G., 345
Fowle, Zechariah: Angel of Death Flying over the Great Boston Fire, 139f
framing, 13–14
Elizabeth Badlam Doggett (Stuart, frame attrib. to John Doggett & Co.), 299, 299f
Governor John Brooks (Stuart, frame by John Doggett & Co.), 299, 299f
John Adams, Second President of the United States (Stuart, frame attrib. to John Doggett & Co.), 310f, 311
Landing of the Pilgrims (Sargent, frame by John Doggett Co.), 301f, 301–2
Moonlight (Allston, frame attrib. to John Doggett & Co.), 300, 300f, 309
needlework picture, Roxbury, Mass., 1805 (Crafts, frame attrib. to Doggett), 298, 298f
portrait frame, Boston, 1769 (frame attrib. to Welch, portrait of Lee by Copley), 93, 101–2, 102f, 108n56
portrait frame, Boston, 1769 (frame attrib. to Welch, portrait of Smith by Copley), 104, 104f
France, 91n4. See also French style and influence
Isaac Vose & Son selling furnishings from, 263
Vose & Coates selling furnishings from, 255
Francis (brig), 191
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 337
Franklin Institute Exhibition (Philadelphia), 329
Franklin Musical Manufactory, 322, 324f, 326
Franklin Music/Musical Warehouse, 322, 324, 326, 329
Freeland, Jane (wife of James Graham), 138
Freeland, William, 113, 122, 138
French, Isabel Cobb, 311n6
French, Margaret H., 367f
French Revolution, 253
French style and influence, 30, 259, 260, 265
Grecian called “French,” 266
rococo revival, 340
Sears as example of, 232
Freund, Joan Barzilay. See Keno, Leigh, Freund, Joan Barzilay, and Miller, Alan
Front Street Corporation, 254, 257–58, 282n39
Frost, Nathaniel, 183, 184, 185f, 193n9
Frothingham, Benjamin (1709–1765), 122, 122n5
Frothingham, Benjamin, Jr. (1734–1809), 122, 163f, 281n18, 353
Frothingtham, Nathaniel L., 262
Fry, Richard, 172
Fuller Craft Museum (Brockton, Mass.), 11
Fullerton, William, Jr., 25
funerary art, 226
· G ·
Gallery of Fine Arts, 306, 309
Gannett, Ezra Stiles, 344
Gardner, Sarah, 162f
Gardner family, 229
Garrett, Wendell, 235n6
Gary Sullivan Antiques, 224n32
Gaute, Samuel, 203
Gay, John: The Beggar’s Opera, 157
chairs, 96, 98–99, 101, 108n58
Gerry, Roger and Peggy, 225, 236n15
Gibbs, William, 59
Gibson House (Boston), 236n21
Gilded Age, 368
Gill, Moses and Sarah (Prince), 127, 129f, 133, 145, 146, 147–48n14
Gleason Magic Caster, 336, 337f
Glessner, Frances, 359–60
Glessner, John J., 360–61
Glessner House (Chicago), 359–61
Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine, 14, 335, 337f, 337–40
Golden Ball Tavern, 124n42
“Golden Chair” shop (State Street), 183
Goldthwait, Ezekiel, 123–24n26
Gómez-Ibáñez, Miguel, 178n23
Gooch, William, 23
Goodrich, William, 316, 321–22
Goodwin, John, 24
Gordon, Patrick, 181
Gore, Mary LeKain (wife of Samuel Appleton), 240, 264
Gore, Stephen, 240
Gore family, 229
Gore Place (Waltham, Mass.), 229, 236n21, 285n102
Gorham Lovell (schooner), 203, 205f
Gothic, 30
Gothic arch pattern, 132, 133f
Gothic revival, 340–41
Gould, John, 331
Gould, Nathaniel, 141, 147n9, 147n11, 223n11, 224n38
Gould, Stephen Jay, 175
Gragg, Betsy (wife of William Hutchins), 197
Gragg, Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Gragg), 197, 206
Gragg, Jefferson (son of Samuel Gragg), 206n8
Gragg, Lucinda Campbell (first wife of Samuel Gragg), 196, 197
Gragg, Samuel, 13, 188–89, 188–89f, 194f, 195–206, 196f, 199–205f
death of, 206
inventory of possessions of, 197
patent for elastic chairs (1808), 196, 196f, 199, 199f, 206
receipts from Penniman to, 202–3, 203f
seeking markets outside Boston, 203–5, 205f
stock-in-hand record (June 18, 1810), 203, 204f
Gragg/Gregg, Samuel (father of Samuel Gragg), 195, 196
Gragg family and spelling of name, 196, 206n8
Graham, Christian Flett, 140
Graham, James, 99, 126–41f, 127–49. See also side chairs
life of and identifying as chairmaker, 136–41
list of chairs attributed to, 142–46t
Granet, François Marius, 305
Grayham, James, 140. See also Graham, James
Great Boston Railroad Jubilee (1851), 344
Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace (London), 345
Grecian style, 259–61, 266, 273, 279. See also card tables; center tables; couches; pier tables; sideboards; sofas
blended with Regency style, 273, 275
linen press, Boston, 1820–25 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son), 279f
wine cooler, Boston, ca. 1820 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman), 267f
Green, William, 318
Green Dragon Tavern, 138, 139f, 141
Greenough, David S., 182, 312n24
Greenwood, Ethan Allen, 305
Gregg, Washington Parker (son of Samuel Gragg), 206n8
Grendey, Giles, 59–60f
Greuze, Jean-Baptiste: The Lady with the Red Hat, 300
Gridley, William, 220
Gudworth, Benjamin, 173
Guild, Jonathan F., 300f, 312n26
Gulliger, Christian, 181
Guttridge’s Coffee House, 37
Gyles, Edward, 76n22
· H ·
Hale, Edward Everett: A New England Boyhood, 225
Hale, Sarah Josepha, 337
Hales, John Groves, 152f, 242f, 252f, 290n196
Hall, Caroline (wife of Francis Parkman), 276
Hall, Charles, 329
Hall, Joshua J., 298
Hallowell, Mrs. Benjamin, 161, 161f
Hancock, Henry, 243
Hancock, John, 79, 90, 172, 172f
Hancock, Thomas, 172
Hancock, William, 232–34, 234f
Hancock house (Boston), 227
Rev. Francis Parkman, 275f
Harling, Thomas, 281n6
harpsichords, 315
Harris, John: A South East View of Ye Great Town of BOSTON in New England in America (engraving), 152f
Harris, Samuel, 295
“Harris Folly,” 239
Harrison Gray Otis House (Boston), 229, 237n29
Hayt, Babcock, and Appleton, 322, 323f
Hayt, Charles and Elna, 322, 323f
Hayward, Thomas Cotton, 185–86, 186f
Hazelton, J. E. and J. T., 354, 369n15
Heard, Frances Maria (married to Grenville Winthrop), 236n16
Heard, Nathaniel, 240
Heckscher, Lucretia Stevens, 249n9
Heckscher, Morrison, 102
Hedges, Thomas, 274f, 275–76, 280, 288n171, 288n174, 289nn178–79
Henchman family, 173
Hennessey, Edward, 341
Hennessey and Co., 341
Henzey, Joseph, 181
Hepplewhite designs, 226
Hero (schooner), 191
Herter Brothers (New York), 359, 361–63
high chest of drawers, Boston, 1690–1700, 34f, 38–40, 39–40f
high chest of drawers, Boston, 1700–10, 40–41, 40–41f
high chest of drawers, Boston, ca. 1730 (Brocas, attrib.), 58f, 59
high chest of drawers, Boston, 1730–35 (japanning by Randle and Davis), 49, 50f
high chest of drawers, Boston, 1730–39 (japanning attrib. to Davis), 55f, 64–65f, 67f, 69–71f
high chest of drawers, Boston, 1730–39 (Pimm, japanning attrib. to Davis), 63, 65f, 67–68f, 70–71f
high chest of drawers, Boston, 1735–39 (japanning attrib. to Davis), 63, 64f, 68–71f
high chest of drawers, Boston, 1735–39 (japanning by Davis), 48f, 49, 50f, 61–63f, 69f, 71f
high chest of drawers, Boston, 1735–60, 60, 60f
high chest of drawers, Charlestown, Mass., 1760–85 (Frothingham, Jr.), 162, 163f
high chest of drawers with carved raised ornament, Boston, 1700–25, 55, 55f, 58f
high chest of drawers with japanning, Boston, 1710–25, 56, 56f
High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Ga.), 106n8, 236n22, 237n29
Hill-Stead Museum (Farmington, Conn.), 365f, 367
Hinckley family, 130
Hindman & Lewis (merchants), 36
Historic Deerfield, 11, 106n6, 236n22
bottle or kettle stand, probably Boston, 1745–65, 113, 113f, 124n27
turret-top tea table, 109, 110f, 116f, 116–17, 120, 123n10
Historic New England, 11, 63, 77n42, 153, 158, 196, 206n7, 230, 237n22, 249n16
Hogarth, William: The Industrious Prentice, a Favourite, and entrusted by his Master, 166f, 167, 168, 173
Holden, Daniel, 197
Holden, Joshua, 263, 274–75, 288nn166–68
Hollis Street Church/Meeting House, Boston, 252, 252f, 254, 256f, 257, 258, 260, 282n31, 283–84n65
Holmes Furniture Company, 359
Holyoke, Augustus, 131, 143, 147n9
Homes, Barzillai, 257
Hone, Philip, 309
Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, 236n22
Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 197
Hopkins, Thomas, 148n19
Hopkinson, Elizabeth (wife of Samuel Gragg), 197, 202
Hornor, William Macpherson, Jr., 108n50
horse-bone legs. See cabriole legs
Hosmer, James, 164n3
Hosmer, Joseph, 223
Hough, Robert, 148n19
housewares. See also tea china and teapots
brass objects, 36
candlesticks, 36
ceramics/earthenware, 36–37, 46n12
porcelain jar, China, 15th century, 58f, 59
silver objects and flatware, 36–37, 47n14, 153, 154f
sugar bowls with covers, Sandwich, Mass. 1830–50, 336, 336f
Hovey, James G., 344
Howe family, 295
Howe’s Patent Rocker-Pivot Spring Beds, 343
Hull, John, 37
Hunt, Richard Morris, 356, 361
Hunt, Timothy, 235
Hunter, Phyllis Whitman, 32n10
Hunting, Bela, 282n41
Hutchins, William, 197, 199, 200
Hutchinson, Elisha, 160, 162, 175
Hutchinson, Margaret, 160
Hutchinson, Sarah, 160
Hutchinson, Thomas, Sr., 12, 150f, 151–64, 175
description of Foster-Hutchinson house structure, 152f, 152–54, 154f, 160–61, 161t
inventory of house contents, 152–64, 155–57t, 159t, 161t, 164n3, 164t, 165n6
Mrs. Walker (widow) as boarder with, 160, 162, 164, 164t
Hutchinson, Thomas, Jr., 157, 160, 162, 175
· I ·
immigrant artisans. See also specific craftsman
cabinetmakers, 45
Isaac Vose & Son employing, 264, 280
joiners, 148n19
Kaye’s list by country, 148n19
Ince, William, and Mayhew, John: The Universal System of Household Furniture, 132–33, 134f, 136
Inches, Henderson, 239
Independent Chronicle, 180f, 181, 199
Indonesia, 51
Ingraham, Capt., 181
In Plain Sight: Discovering the Furniture of Nathaniel Gould (Peabody Essex Museum), 11
Iolani Palace (Hawai’i), 357
Ionic design, 269, 287n144. See also Grecian style
Irving and Casson, 368
Irving and Casson–A. H. Davenport, 368
Isaac Vose & Son, 228, 231–32f, 234, 236n20, 246, 250f, 262–78, 263f, 265–68f, 270–72f, 274f, 274–77, 276–79f, 289n175, 290n188
Italian style, 30
· J ·
Jackson, Fifield, 47n26
Jackson, John, 47n26
Jacobs, William M. “Red,” 109, 121–22, 125n49
Jane (schooner), 181
Japan, 51–52
Davis style, 61–72
described, 50–51
design sources for motifs, 56–59, 77n27
early resources for use in, 53–54
in global economy, 51–53
guild training and London influence, 59–60
known extant forms and quantities, 50f, 72–75t, 76n1, 76n3
materials and techniques, 54–56, 76–77nn23–25
raised work and flat work, 55f, 55–56
tea table, 113–14
Jarves, Deming, 336
Jarvis, Edward: Profile of Concord’s Milldam, 214, 215f
Jarvis, John, 148n19
Jefferson, Thomas, 199, 257, 309
Jensen, Gerrit, 52f
John A. Ellis & Co., 350f, 351–56, 353–55f, 368n2
Designs for Furniture (catalogue), 355f
John Doggett & Co., 243, 293, 295, 296, 296–301f, 309, 310f. See also Looking Glass Warehouse
John P. Squire Co., 352
Johnson, John: Green Dragon Tavern, 139f
Johnson, Mary Louise Murray, 123n13
Johnston, Thomas, 49, 75n1, 77n26
Joiners’ Company (English guild), 59
Jones, Inigo, 153
Jones, Mary (wife of Isaac Jones), 119, 124n42
Jones, Yvonne, 76n8
Joseph (brig), 257
Joseph Kindig and Son, 123n10
· K ·
Kalakaua (King of Hawaii), 357
Kane, Patricia E., 195–97, 200
Karolik, Maxim, turret-top tea table, 109, 110f, 119–21, 121f, 124n43
Kaufman, Hyman, 109, 112, 115, 122n6, 124n32, 125n50
Kaufman collection, 63
Kaye, Myrna: Boston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, 136, 137, 148n19
keel (ovolo) molding, 265f, 265–66
Keno, Leigh, Freund, Joan Barzilay, and Miller, Alan: “The Very Pink of the Mode: Boston Georgian Chairs, Their Export, and Their Influence,” 93, 95, 96, 102
Kenwood (N.Y.) Gothic Revival drawing room, 340
“The Editor’s Attic: A Perplexing Sideboard,” 239, 240f
Kimball, Fiske, 238f, 239, 249n9
King, Thomas, 273
King’s Chapel (Boston), 236n21
Kircher, Athanasuis (publisher): China Illustrata, 54
klismos form, 197–99, 226, 228
Knapp, Josiah, 284n68
knee brackets, 79, 94, 99, 107n18, 113, 114, 120, 127–30, 136
chairs attributed to Graham, 142–46t
knee carvings, 120–21, 120–21f
Kopplin, Monika, 76n14
Krimmel, John Lewis, 305
Quilting Party, 305
· L ·
La Mésangère, Pierre de, 265, 266, 276, 278, 286n130
Landrey, Gregory J., 88–89f
Lane, Sarah, 24
Laply, George and Patrick, 148n19
Lasser, Ethan, 77n27
late classical furniture, 225–37
Latta, William, 148n19
Lawrence, Annie Bigelow (wife of Benjamin Smith Rotch), 341
Lawrence, Thomas, 304
portrait of Benjamin West, 304
leaf patterns, 260, 261, 316. See also acanthus leaf motif
leather chairs, 22–23f, 23, 37, 99, 100, 156, 236n10
Lechmere Point, 351
Lechmere Point Corporation, 351, 351f
Lee house (Marblehead, Mass.), 153
Lemon, William, 29, 259, 275, 289n176
Leslie, Charles Robert, 302, 310–11
Leverett, William, 211
Lewis, Reginald M., 123n10
library step-chair, Boston, 1854–60 (Eliaers), 346–47f, 346–48
linen press, Grecian, Boston, 1820–25 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son), 279f, 289n183
lion imagery, 59
Little, Bertram and Nina, 225
Little Boar’s Head, N.H., 367f
Lockwood, Luke Vincent, 91n4
London Chair-Makers’ and Carvers’ Book of Prices for Workmanship, 187
London Livery Company, 60
London Painter-Stainers’ Company, 60
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 287n146, 309
Longfellow House (Cambridge, Mass.), 236n21, 237n29
Looking Glass and Carpet Warehouse, 309–10
Looking Glass & Picture Frame Gilding Factory, 294
Doggett labels on, 294f, 295, 312n13
looking glass, 1675–1700 (Jensen, attrib.), 52f
looking glass, Boston, 1818 (attrib. to John Doggett & Co.), 298f
looking glass, Boston, 1820 (attrib. to John Doggett & Co.), 296, 296f
looking glass, Boston, 1820–25 (attrib. to John Doggett & Co.), 297f
looking glass, England, 1740–50, 159, 160f
looking glass, Roxbury, Mass., 1805–10 (Doggett), 295, 295f
Looking Glass Frame and Rug Factory (Roxbury), 310
Looking Glass Warehouse, 295, 302, 306, 309
Lords of Trade, 35
Loring, Dr., 181
Lothrop, Edward, 294
Lothrop, Stillman, 294
Loudon, John Claudius: Encyclopedia of Cottage and Villa Architecture and Furniture, 340
Lovell, Margaretta, 33n22
Lovering, John, 295
Lowell, Mass., carpet mills, 309
Lucasz, Philips, 51
Lyman, Charles, 288n162
Lyman Allyn Museum (New London, Conn.), 237n22
Lyman family, 229, 274, 288nn162–63, 289n182, 312n19
· M ·
Mackay, Ruth, 329
Macpheadris-Warner house, Portsmouth, N.H., 153, 156
Made in Massachusetts: Studio Furniture of the Bay State (Brown & Warner, eds.), 11
Madison, James, 199
magazines, popularity and influence of, 336–40
Magic Caster (Roswell Gleason and Sons), 336, 337f
Maicher/Marcher, James, 294, 297
Maine Antique Digest, 225
Malcolm, Daniel, 181
Manifest Destiny, 335
Manson, William, 140, 140f, 149n28
Manwaring, Robert, 167
Cabinet and Chairmaker’s Real Friend and Companion, 132, 136
maps
Boston Custom House clearances in 1744, citing furniture exports, 97f, 107n34
Boston distribution of furniture shops, 1820–24, 28f
Boston in the State of Massachusetts, 1814 (surveyed by Hales, engraved by Wightman, Jr.), 152f, 242f, 252f
Caribbean and South American destinations of American Windsor furniture cargoes, 1783–1801 (drawing by Forget), 191f
East Cambridge, Mass., 1879 (Bailey and Hazen), 354f
location of original owners of Boston-made chairs, 97f, 107n33
North End and South End, Boston, 20f
The Town of Boston in New England by Capt John Bonner 1722, 17f, 20f
marble, 23, 121, 230, 232–33, 260–61, 264f, 277, 339–40, 356–57
Marcotte Company (New York), 363
Marsh, Charles, 206
Marshall, John, 302
Mason, Elizabeth (wife of Samuel Dunn Parker), 256, 283n56
Mason, Jonathan, 256
Mason, Miriam. See Sears, Miriam Mason
Mason-Messinger shop, 37
Mass, Jennifer, 76n19
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (MCMA), 14, 182, 185, 235, 237n42, 242, 278, 290n199, 293, 341–46, 344f
Cabinet Work section, 343
Fifth Exhibition (1847), 344
First Exhibition and Fair, 293
Massachusetts Furniture Day (September 17, 2013), 11
Massachusetts General Hospital, 303
Massachusetts Historical Society, 11, 153, 215
Mather, Cotton, 156
Mattocks, James, 47n26
Mattocks, Samuel, 36
Maturana, Humberto, 209
Maurin, Nicholas-Eustache: John Adams (after painting by Stuart), 310f, 311
May, Perrin, 282n42
Mayhew, John. See Ince, William
McCalla, Elizabeth, 107n29
McClelland, Nancy, 228
McClure, John, 148n19
McDuell, John, 203
McEvers, Mary (wife of Charles Ward Apthorp), 96
McIntire, Samuel, 226–27, 227f, 238f, 248f, 251
McKeller, John, 148n19
McKim, Mead & White, 14, 356, 359, 361, 362f, 363, 365
McLane, Louis, 309–10
McLean Asylum, 352
MCMA. See Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
Mead, William, 367
Merriam, Joseph, 224n19
clock made by Munroe for, 215, 216, 216f, 219, 220
Messer, Nathan, 235
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 54, 72, 236n18, 237n22
case furniture, 108n41
chair collection, 107n25, 108n41, 237n27
exhibition (1970), 225
Middlesex Canal, 352
Milbert, Jacques-Gérard, 254f
Miller, Alan, 108n52, 123n13. See also Keno, Leigh, Freund, Joan Barzilay, and Miller, Alan
Public Library, 159
mirrors. See looking glasses
Mitchell and Rammelsberg (Cincinnati firm), 340
Morgan and Sanders, 287n155
Morris, Robert, 226
Morse, Samuel F. B.: House of Representatives, 304–5
mortise-and-tenon joint, 80f, 83f
Moses, Henry: A Series of Twenty-Nine Designs of Modern Costume, 228
Moxon, Joseph, 89
Mechanick Exercises, or the Doctrine of Handy-Works (1703), 82
Mrs. Saunders & Miss Beach’s Academy (Dorchester), 298, 298f
Mull, James, 148n19
Munroe, Daniel (brother of William), 214–16, 218–19f, 218–20, 220f, 224n37
label of Daniel and Nathaniel Munroe on an eight-day clock, 218–19, 219f, 224n33
Munroe, Daniel (father of William), 209, 210, 212
Munroe, John (brother of William), 220, 224n26
Munroe, Nathaniel (brother of William, 1777–1861), 214, 215, 218–20, 219–20f, 221, 224n26
apprentice contract with Cone, 223n13
label of Daniel and Nathaniel Munroe on an eight-day clock, 218–19, 219f, 224n33
Munroe, Nehemiah (deacon), 211–14, 220, 223n11
Munroe, William, 13, 209–23, 213f, 216–17f, 219–20f
accounts and receipts books of, 208f, 209, 214, 215, 221, 223n13, 224n26
apprenticeships of, 209–13, 223n7, 223n13
autobiography of, 208f, 209, 214, 223n2
as clockmaker both solo and in partnership with his brothers, 215–19
journeymen working for, 221, 222f
pricing, 223n16
“W.M.” punch mark of, 219, 220f, 224n33
work after end of partnership with his brothers as clockmakers, 219–20
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 11, 93, 95, 109, 236n22, 285n110, 338
chairs, 127
secretary, 178n15
sideboards, 247
step-chair, 348
turret-top tables, 109, 110–11f, 118–19f, 118–20, 122n8
Museum of the City of New York, 236n18, 237n22
Mussey, Robert (1734–1813), 179n28, 224n22, 240
Mussey, Robert D., Jr., 118f, 202, 232, 234, 235, 240
mythical beasts, 59
· N ·
Naeve, Milo, 237n34
nailed drawer construction, 38–39, 38–39f
Napoleonic Wars, 28
Nathan Appleton house. See Appleton, Nathan
Nathan Liverant and Son Antiques, 193n9
National Gallery of Art, 237n29, 285n107
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Massachusetts chapter, 229
Navigation Acts (England), 23
“neatness” of eighteenth century, 172
needlework picture, Roxbury, Mass., 1805 (Crafts, frame attrib. to Doggett), 298f
Negus, Arthur, 227
Nelson, William, 148n19
neoclassical design, 28, 188–89, 252, 256, 280, 296, 326
Netherlands, 91n4
Neville, William, 247
Newark Museum, 237n22
exhibition (1963), 225
Newbury Street (Boston), 29, 316, 318, 324
Newell, John (Jonathan), 148n19
New England Glass Co., 352, 352f
New England Porcelain and Glass Co., 352
New Furniture Warehouse, 30
New Galen (vessel), 283n47
New Orleans, 192
“New Perspectives on Boston furniture, 1630–1860” (Winterthur’s Furniture Forum 2013), 11
Newport, Rhode Island, 54
Redwood Library, 76n20
shield-back chairs from, 226
tea table with straight rails, 123n21
Vernon house, 57–59
Newport Historical Society, 76n20
New York
competition to Boston, 29, 30, 32n14
desks, 169
interlaced scrolls design in chairs, 134
japanning in, 49
as market for Boston chairs, 23
Queen Anne chairs, disputed attribution to, 93–106
wood choices in, 95
New York Crystal Palace exhibitions, 345–46, 354
New York Historical Society, 361–62
New York State Museum, 106n4, 106n8, 107nn15–16
Nichols, Alexander, 148n19
Nichols House Museum (Boston), 236n21
Nieuhof, Johan: Embassy from the East-India Company, of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China, 54
Nolan and Gridley, 192
Nolen, Charles, 220
Nonimportation Agreement (1769), 138
Norfolk, Va., shield-back chairs from, 226
North Bennet Street School, 11
· O ·
O’Gorman, James, 360
Old Masters exhibitions (Doggett’s Repository of Arts), 303, 304
Old Sturbridge Village, 11, 224n33, 237n22
Oliver, Mary Fitch (Mrs. Andrew), 78f, 79
Oliver, Peter, 168
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 340
Orkney Islands, 140, 149nn27–28
Osborne, John, 321, 324–26, 325f, 327–28f, 329, 331, 332–33
Osgood chair, 107n31
Otis, Harrison Gray, 260
Otis, Isaac, 243
Otis, James, 175
Otis family, 229
ovolo molding, 265f, 265–66, 289n186
· P ·
Pacific Trader (vessel), 192
Packard, Otis, 276, 276f, 288n178
Padelford (Paddleford), John, 210–11
pad foot, 147n4
chairs attributed to Graham, 129f, 142–46t
Paine family, 299
Paine’s Furniture Manufactory, 357f
Panic of 1873, 356
panoramas, 302–3
Paris Exhibition (1867), 348
Park, Mrs., 354–55
Park family, 354
Parker, Clarke, 247
Parker, Daniel P., family, 271, 271f, 277, 287n148
Parker, John Rowe, 322, 324, 326, 331
Parker, Jonathan, 210
Parker, Mary Weeks, 271
Parker, Richard G., 331
Parker, Samuel, 181
Parker, Samuel Dunn, 256
Parkhurst, William, 202
Parkman, Francis, 275f, 275–76, 288n174, 288n177, 297f
Parkman, William, 43
Parks, Asa, 203
Parris, Alexander, 232, 296, 305, 309
Parson, Edmund, 235
Partridge, William, 205
Pattern (ship), 191
Peabody and Stearns, 356–57
Peabody Essex Museum, 11, 147n4, 236n12, 236n22, 245
Peabody family, 229
peacock motif, 195, 195f, 206n1
Peale, Rembrandt
The Court of Death, 302–3, 303f, 305, 311
Portrait of John Doggett, 292f, 300f, 309
Pearce, Clark, 234
Pease, Mary, 175
Peco, William. See Piquot, William
pedestals or candelabra, Boston, ca. 1819 (attrib. to Seymour), 232f
Pelham, Henry, 102
Pelletier, James, 282n32
pencils, Concord, ca. 1840 (Munroe), 221, 221f
Penniman, John Ritto, 202–3, 248n5, 256f, 257, 293, 294f, 295, 312n13
Meetinghouse Hill, Roxbury, Massachusetts, 209f
Piano in the Shape of a Bentside Spinet, 316f
Portrait of a Gentleman, 299
receipts to Gragg, 202–3, 203f
Pequot, William. See Piquot, William
Perkins, Abigail (wife of Benjamin Weld), 239
Perkins, Henry, 122
Perkins, Thomas Handasyd, 302
Perkins, William, 122
Perkins family, 229
Perring (Perrin), Charles, 148n19
Pettinghill & Pear, 343
Babcock (Alpheus) move to, 331
carpet business in, 309
desks, 169
Gragg seeking to market chairs in, 205
interlaced scrolls design in chairs, 134
japanning in, 49
shield-back chairs from, 226
Windsor chairs from, 181–82, 192
Philip Flayderman Collection auction, 122n5
Philips, Charles: The Strong Family, 111f
Phyfe, Duncan, 97–98, 225, 228
pianos, 315–34
brass, use of, 316, 322, 324, 326, 329, 330f, 331–32
database of pianos manufactured prior to 1860, 334n3
labeling of, 326
nameboards/nameplates, 317f, 318, 319–20f, 324, 325f, 326, 328f, 329
organized piano, 316
piano, Boston and East Cambridge, Mass., 1887 (Steinway & Sons, case design by Bacon, made by A. H. Davenport Co.), 359–60, 360f
Piano in the Shape of a Bentside Spinet, Boston, ca. 1830 (Penniman), 316
popularity of, 315
square piano, Boston, 1800–05 (William and Adam Bent), 317f, 318
square piano, Boston, 1810–11 (Lewis and Alpheus Babcock), 318, 320f
square piano, Boston, 1812–13 (Babcock, Appleton, and Babcock), 321f, 321–22
square piano, Boston, 1814–15 (Hayt, Babcock, and Appleton), 322, 323f
square piano, Boston, 1816–20 (Stevens and Franklin Manufactory), 322, 324f
square piano, Boston, 1818–21 (Osborne), 324, 325f
square piano, Boston, ca. 1824 (Alpheus Babcock), 329, 330f
square piano, Boston, 1824–29 (Osborne), 326, 328f
square piano, Boston, ca. 1825 (Stewart and Chickering), 332f, 333
square piano, Boston, 1829 (Chickering), 333, 333f
square piano, Milton, Mass., ca. 1800 (Crehore), 314f, 316
square piano, Milton, Mass., 1805–10 (Crehore and Babcock), 318, 319f
upright piano, Boston, 1818–21 (Osborne), 326, 327f
Pickman, Benjamin, 131f, 132, 141, 145, 147n11
Pickman, Francis Willoughby, 147n11
Pickman, Judith (wife of Augustus Holyoke), 147n9
Pico, William. See Piquot, William
Pierce, Daniel, 211
Pierce, Rufus, 235
pier tables
Appleton family, 230–31, 285n111
Brooks family, 269
Derby family, 284n81
Grecian pier table, Boston, 1817–18 (attrib. to Vose, Coates & Co.), 260f, 261, 264f
Grecian pier table, Boston, 1817–19 (Vose, Coates & Co., carving by Wightman), 261, 261f
Grecian pier table, Boston, 1818 (Vose, Coates & Co.), 260, 260f
“Pier Slab,” Seymour and Vose copying from King, 273, 287n156
pier table, Roxbury, Mass., ca. 1796 (attrib. to Doggett), 293, 294f
Pilgrim Society of Plymouth, Mass., 302
pinch-dog clamps, 264, 286n129
Pinck, John, 60
Pintard, John, 192
Piquot, William, 253, 266f, 267, 272, 280, 282nn30–31, 289n186
Platt, Samuel, 219
Pleasant Hill (home of Joseph Barrell), 253
Podmaniczky, Michael, 94f
Powell, John, 148n19
Pratt, Henry Cheever, 304
Price, William, 37, 43, 45, 45f, 47n26
Prince, Samuel, 108n41
provenance, meaning of, 106n2
Pumpkin House (Brookline, Mass.), 225
Puritans, 19
Putnam, Joseph, 122
Putnam family, 141
· Q ·
chairs, 79, 82, 90n3, 91n5, 93–106
Queen Anne’s War, 41
· R ·
R. G. Dun and Co., 354
Rainbow (brig), 191
Randall, Richard H., Jr., 225
Randle, Elizabeth (married name: Davis), 61
Randle (Randall), William, 45, 49, 50f, 60–61, 75n1
Rantoul, William, 367f
Raoux, Jean: Young Lady Reading a Paper (copy after), 307f
Raphael: The Virgin and Child, 306, 306f, 308f, 309
Rea, Daniel, Jr., 182
Reed, Joseph W., 178n23
Regency style, 258–59, 266, 279, 284n81
blended with Grecian style, 273, 275
chairs, 227, 237n29, 275, 288n172, 289n182
Renaissance style, 335, 346, 348
Reni, Guido: The Archangel St. Michael, 302
Restauration style, 30
Sons of Liberty bowl, 175
View of the Obelisk (print), 173
Revolutionary War, 27
Rhode Island
statehouse, 361
Windsor chairs from, 181, 184, 192
Rhode Island Historical Society, 75n1, 77n41
Richards, John: A Treatise on the Construction and Operation of Wood-Working Machines, 353
Richards, Nancy E., 93, 94f, 171–72
Richardson, H. H., 14, 356, 358f, 359–61
Richardson family, 295
Riley, Joseph, 206
Ripley, Ezra, 223
Robert Mussey Associates, 123n13
Robinson, George, 102
Robinson, William, 47n26
Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Duc de la, 189
crown-top, 190f
rocking chair, Boston, 1829–33 (Hancock), 234, 234f
rocking chair, Boston area, 1812–20 (possibly Gragg), 189, 189f
rocking chair, Boston area, 1828–35, 189, 190f
rocking chair, eastern Mass., 1840–55, 189, 190f
rococo/rococo revival, 19, 27, 171, 280, 340, 346
Rogers, George, 175
Rollings, John, 202
Roman chairs, 198
Roosevelt, Theodore, 363
Roswell Gleason and Sons, 336
Rotch, Benjamin Smith, 341
Rotch family, 341
Rover (brig), 192
Roxbury, Mass.
Doggett’s early years in, 293–95
Meetinghouse Hill, Roxbury, Massachusetts (Penniman), 209f
Munroe family in, 209–10
Shirley-Eustis House, 179n26
Royall, Isaac, Sr., 50, 76n5, 153
Royall house (Medford, Mass.), 76n5, 153
Royal Plate Glass Manufactory (France), 310
Rugg, Richard, 154f
Ruggles, Levi, 243
· S ·
Sack, Israel, 109, 117, 122, 123n12
St. Andrew’s Lodge of Freemasons, 138
St. Louis Art Museum, 236n20, 237n22
Salem, Massachusetts, 107n13, 178n15
chairs, 127, 133, 141, 147n4, 147n11, 148n15
Nathan Osgood Collection, 97
shield-back chairs from, 226
Salem Cabinet-Maker Society, 223n16, 224n18
Salisbury, Abigail Breese, 232, 267, 269
Salisbury, Elizabeth Tuckerman (wife of Stephen), 232–34, 253, 257f, 258, 267, 272, 284n70, 286n137, 296, 301
Salisbury, Stephen, 168, 181, 233, 253, 258, 267, 272, 284n70, 296
Salisbury card tables, 273
Salisbury Mansion (Worcester, Mass.), 229, 232–33, 236n21
Salmon, William (publisher): Polygraphice, or the Arts of Drawing, Etc., 53–54, 76n15
Sanborn, Simon, 202
Sanderson, Elijah and Jacob, 281n6
S & S. Salisbury, 258
Sargent, Henry: Landing of the Pilgrims, 301f, 301–2
Schmahmann, Kim: Bureau of Bureauracy, Cambridge, Mass., 1993–99, 176f, 177
Schuyler family, 96
Scots Charitable Society, 137–38, 140
Scott, Isaac, 361
screens, 52–53
Coromandel screens, 51–52, 56–59
One Hundred Antiques screen, China, Kangxi period (1662–1722), 57f
Sears, David, Sr., 254
Sears, David, Jr. (1787–1871)
estate of, 237n31
house of, 229, 232, 237n34, 289n184, 296
Sears, Miriam Mason (wife of David, Jr.), 229, 232, 256, 283n56
Seaver, William, 183, 184, 184–85f, 193n9
secrétaires
Appleton family, 230
secrétaire à abattant
Boston late classical period, 228
secrétaire à abattant, Boston, 1820–25 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son) [Sears as purchaser], 277–78, 278f, 289n183
secrétaire à abattant, Boston, 1822 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son), 265–66f, 267, 286n131
secrétaire à abattant, Boston, 1826 (Laidain), 228, 229f
secrétaire cabinet, Boston, 1720–25, 43, 44f
secret compartments, 169–70, 173, 175, 179n27
Serri, William S., 109, 123n13, 124n38
settees
settee, Boston, 1758–70 (attrib. to Graham), 136, 137f
Windsor settee, Boston, 1795–1800, 182, 183f
Sever (Seaver) house (Kingston, Mass.), 114f, 115–17, 121, 122, 124n32, 125n50
Sewall, Judith (married name, Cooper), 35
Sewall, Samuel, 35–37, 43, 46n1, 46nn5–6
Seymour, John, 234, 235, 239, 353
Seymour, Thomas, 13, 29, 29f, 199–203, 215, 224n22, 228, 229f, 231–32f, 232, 234, 235, 239, 242, 245f, 245–48, 247f, 251, 258–59, 259f, 262–80, 268f, 281n29, 284n70, 287n149, 288n172, 288n174, 289n181, 290n188, 290n199
Cogswell as partner with, 321
death of, 290n201
piano casework, 318
working methods of, 353
Sharksmouth (summer home of Harriot Sumner (Appleton) Curtis, Manchester, Mass.), 275, 288n174
Sharpe, James, 331
Shaw, Willard, 301
shell motifs, 62, 62f, 67, 69f, 108n56, 301–2, 312n29
Sheppard, Samuel, 281n18
Sheraton, Thomas, 226, 227, 276
The Cabinet Dictionary, 259, 273, 284n81, 289n181
The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing-Book, 247, 273, 287n153
Sherburne, Thomas, 122
Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury, 179n26
sideboards, 239–49
Grecian sideboard, Boston, 1814–17 (attrib. to Seymour, carving by Wightman), 259, 268–69f, 270
Grecian sideboard, Boston, 1820–22 (Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman), 268f, 286n142
miniature sideboard, Concord, Mass., 1795–1810 (attrib. to Munroe), 213, 213f
“Mr. White’s All Gilt Sideboard” (sketches possibly by Bacon), 363f
sideboard, 1853–54 (Eliaers), 345f, 345–46
sideboard, Boston, 1810–15 (attrib. to Bass, Jr. shop), 244f, 246–47f
sideboard, Boston, 1810–15 (Bass, Jr.), 241–43f, 243–44, 246f
sideboard, Boston, 1810–15 (attrib. to Seymour) [aka Stout sideboard], 245f, 246–47, 247f
Soren sideboard, 239, 240f, 244, 245, 247
side chairs, 79–91. See also elastic chairs; Windsor chairs
C-scroll and chevron design, 130, 131f
C-scroll and diamond splat design, 130, 131f, 147nn7–8
C-scroll design, 129f, 130, 147n7
Graham as maker, 127–49. See also specific side chairs below with Graham’s name
Grecian side chair, Boston, 1820–25 (attrib. to Vose & Son, carving by Wightman), 277, 277f, 289n182
methods for identifying the maker as Graham, 136–41
reproduction side chair, Wilmington, Del., 2013, 88–89f
side chair, Boston, 1660–90, with turkey-work upholstery, 157, 157f
side chair, Boston, 1665–95, 22f
side chair, Boston, 1730–40, 23f
side chair, Boston, 1730–65, 80–81f
side chair, Boston, 1740–65, 25f, 79, 79–80f, 84–85f
side chair, Boston, 1754–58, with owl’s eye splat (attrib. to Graham), 126f, 127, 128f, 132f
side chair, Boston, 1755–70, (carving attrib. to Welch), 98f, 104, 104–5f
side chair, Boston, 1756–70, with Gothic arch splat (attrib. to Graham), 132, 133f
side chair, Boston, 1758–70, with C-scroll splat (attrib. to Graham), 129f, 130
side chair, Boston, 1758–70, with V shape with double lancet and keyhold splat (attrib. to Graham), 132–33, 134f
side chair, Boston, 1758–75, with C-scroll and diamond splat (attrib. to Graham), 130, 131f
side chair, Boston, 1759–60, with loop and diamond splat (attrib. to Graham), 129f, 133
side chair, Boston, 1760–75, with C-scroll and chevron splat (attrib. to Graham), 130, 131f
side chair, Boston, ca. 1762, with owl’s eye splat (attrib. to Graham), 131–32, 131–32f
side chair, Boston, 1770–85, with double-tiered lancet splat (attrib. to Graham), 134–35, 136f
side chair, Boston, 1770–85, with interlaced scroll splat (attrib. to Graham), 134, 135f
side chair, Boston, 1800–05, 187f
side chair, Boston, 1808–12 (Gragg), 199, 200f
side chair, Boston, 1810–20, 227f
side chair, Boston, 1815–25, 198, 198f, 226f
side chair, Boston, ca. 1819 (attrib. to Seymour), 231f
side chair, Boston, 1820–30, 31f
side chair, Boston, 1823–25 (attrib. to Seymour), 231f
side chair, Boston, Boston, 1758–70, with figure eight and diamond splat (attrib. to Graham), 131, 131f
side chair, Boston area, 1725–40, 98f, 98–99
side chair, eastern Massachusetts, 1750–80, 100f
side chair, East Hampton, N.Y., 1790–1810 (attrib. to Dominy V), 101f
side chair, Hingham, Mass. area, 1765–80, 155, 156f
side chair, London, 1700–15, 153, 153f
side chair, New York, 1745–55, 94f
side chair, New York, 1745–60, 105f
side chair, New York, ca. 1749, 94–96f, 95–96, 105f
side chair, New York, ca. 1755, 92f, 102f
side chair, New York or New Rochelle, 1780–1800 (Coutant), 100f
tools and parts, 82–87, 83–87f, 90
side tables
Philadelphia area, 1930–39, 121, 121f
Salisbury house, 233
Simonides of Ceos, 178n16
Skillin, John, 252
Skillin, Simeon, Sr., 159–60f, 252
Smibert, John: Mrs. Andrew Oliver and Son, 78f, 79
Smith, George, 227
Cabinet-Maker’s and Upholsterer’s Guide, 189
Smithsonian Institution, 265
Snow, Henry, 122
social media changes (1830–60), 335–49
advice books, importance of, 335, 340–41
magazines, popularity and influence of, 336–40
social status, furniture as indicator of, 337–38
trade exhibitions, 335, 341–48
Society of Colonial Dames, 236n21
sofas
Cassell sofa, 236n13
Grecian sofa, Boston, ca. 1823 (Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman, upholstery by Packard) [aka Parkman sofa], 276, 276f, 288n174
late colonial period, bespoke work in, 24
miniature adjustable sofa (Eliaers), 346
Salisbury house, 233
sofa, probably Boston, 1850–70, 338, 338–39f
Steamboat Sofa, invention of, 343
sofa table, Grecian, Boston, 1819–25 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman), 272f, 273, 287n152
Somersworth, N.H., carpet mill, 309
Soren, Townsend H., 239
Soren sideboard, 239, 240f, 244, 245, 247, 249n25
South America
japanning in, 49
as market for Boston furniture, 191f, 192
Southworth and Hawes: Jonas Chickering, 331f
Sprague, John, 253
Stainers’ and Painters’ Company (English guild), 59, 60
Stalker, John, and Parker, George: A Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing (with Stalker), 53f, 53–56, 76n11, 76n14, 76nn18–19
Stamp Act (1765) and riots, 12, 151–64
Standage, Tom, 335
Steinway & Sons, 360f
Stelling, Peter, 57f
step-chairs, Boston, 1854–60 (Eliaers), 346–48, 346–47f
Stephens, Joshua B., 322, 324f
Stevens, Lucretia Ledyard, 249n9
Stewart, James, 324, 331, 332f
Stone, Ebenezer, 180f, 181–82, 193n6
Storke, Samuel, 35
Stout, Andrew Varick, 239
Strong family, 111f
Stuart, Gilbert, 299
Elizabeth Badlam Doggett, 299, 299f
Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury, 257f
Governor John Brooks, 299, 299f
John Adams, Second President of the United States (Maurin after), 310f, 311
portraits of U.S. presidents, 293, 303–4, 310–11
Suffolk County Court of Common Pleas, 241
sugar bowls with covers, Sandwich, Mass. 1830–50 (Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.), 336, 336f
Sully, Thomas
The Capture of Major Andre, 305
copy of Granet’s painting of Capuchin Chapel, Rome, 305
Passage of the Delaware, 301–2, 305
Perkins portrait, 302
Sumner, Harriot (wife of William Sumner Appleton), 237n24
swag-back chairs, 226–28
Swan, Mabel Munson, 239, 246, 297
Swan family, 229
Swift, William, 331
· T ·
T. D. Wadelton Co., 362
tables. See also center tables; dining tables; pier tables; side tables; tea tables
“Large Table” design, Boston, 1900–05 (Bacon), 366f, 367
mahogany and birch tables, 30, 30f
Pembroke table, 258
table, 1675–1700 (Jensen, attrib.), 52f
table, Boston and East Cambridge, Mass., 1900–10 (A. H. Davenport Co.), 366f, 367
Talbott, E. Page, 13, 28f, 29, 240, 247
Tatham, Charles Heathcote, 227
tea as social occasion, 109–12. See also tea tables
tea china and teapots, 112, 123n24, 153
teapot, London, ca. 1754 (attrib. to Rugg), 154f
tea tables, 12
process of making, 115–16
round tea tables, 123n26
scalloped tea tables, 112–13, 123n20
tea table, Boston, 1735–55, 112f
tea table, Boston, 1740–55, 111f, 117, 117–18f, 122
tea table, Boston, 1745–65, 112f
tea table, Boston, 1750–60, 110–11f, 116f, 116–17, 118–19f
tea table, Boston, 1755–65, 110f, 115f
tea table, Boston, 1760–70, 110f, 118–19f
tea table, England, 1730–50, 113f
tea table, England, possibly London, 1735–50, 113–14, 114f
tea table, possibly Philadelphia area, 1935–40, 110f, 119f, 119–20
turret-top tea tables, 109–25
Terutch, Richard, 148n19
textiles. See fabrics and textiles
Theodore Parker Unitarian Church (West Roxbury, Mass.), 284n65
Third Church, 35
Thonet Brothers, 195
Thoreau, Cynthia (mother of Henry Thoreau), 215, 224n19
Ticknor, Elisha, 254
Ticknor family, 229
Tilden, David, 184
Tillotson, John, 157
timepieces. See clocks and timepieces
tools and hardware, 25, 30, 32n11
chairmaking tools, 82–87, 83–87f, 90
marking gauge, East Hampton, 1765 (Dominy IV), 82, 82f
modern machinery, 367
Munroe’s tools, 214
Toppan, Bezaleel, 131f, 132, 141, 147n11
Toppan, Mary (wife of Benjamin Pickman), 131f, 132, 141, 147n11
Townsend, Susannah, 160
trade exhibitions, 335, 341–48
traveling paintings, 302–3, 309
trimming, 207n20
Trumble, Francis, 27f
Tuck(e), Samuel Jones, 182, 183f, 185
Tuckerman, Edward, 233, 253, 254, 257, 258
Tuckerman, Elizabeth. See Salisbury, Elizabeth Tuckerman
Tuckerman family, 229
Tufts, Peter, 352
turners, 22–23
Turrell, John, 344
· U ·
Union League Club of New York, 357
University Club (New York), 362
University of Vermont, Billings Library, 359
upholstered seating, 136
chairs attributed to Graham, 142–46t
Lemon advertising, 289n176
Vose & Son pieces, 275–76, 288n171, 289n178
Upton, William, 125n49
U.S. Capitol, Senate desks, 354
U.S. Census (1880), 351
U.S. Department of State, 106n4
· V ·
Vallance, John: An East View of the Meeting House in Hollis Street, Boston (Bulfinch, engraved by Vallance), 252f
Van Cortlandt, John, 96
Van Cortlandt, Stephanus, 93
Van Cortlandt chairs, 93, 95, 96, 104
Van Cortlandt House Museum, 107n25
Vanderlyn, John: Panorama of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, 302
Van Diemen, Anton & Maria, 51
The Van Diemen Box (document box), Japan, 1636–39, 51f
Van Rensselaer chairs, 93, 95, 96, 104
Vause, Robert. See Vose, Robert
Vaux, Calvert, 340
vermilion, 54, 56, 56f, 75n1, 76n23, 77n25
Vermont Senate, 352–53, 355f, 369n7
Verplanck chairs, 107n26
Viall, Mary (wife of Augustus Holyoke), 147n9
Vickers, Daniel, 32n10
Vienna World Exposition (1873), 348
Viles, William, 211
Vincent, Ambrose, 36
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), 77n42
Von Hagen, Peter, Sr., 316
Vose, Ann, 283n57
Vose, Charles, 257
Vose, Daniel, 281n18
Vose, Isaac (1789–1825), 13, 29, 228, 232, 235, 243, 246, 251–80, 254–56f, 288n165, 296, 305. See also Isaac Vose & Son
Appleton as customer of, 309
closing shop (1825), 278–79, 288n167
Codman as customer of, 309
influence of, 279–80
Isaac Vose & Son (with Thomas Seymour), 262–78. See also Isaac Vose & Son
journeymen living with, 254–55, 274–75, 288n167
list of pieces not in essay, 280
map showing house and shop of, 252f
Vose, Coates & Co., 258–62. See also Vose, Coates & Co.
Vose & Coates partnership, 253–58. See also Vose & Coates
youth and early career of, 251–53
Vose, Isaac, Jr., 13, 231f, 256, 258, 259, 263, 278, 282n36, 288n171, 290n193
Vose, Mary (née Bemis), 252–54, 256, 282n42
Vose, Moses, 160
Vose, Nancy, 289n178
Vose, Robert, 251
Vose, Samuel, 251
Vose, Sarah Kenney, 251
Vose, Stephen, 253, 257, 283n62
Vose & Coates, 246, 253–58, 262, 264, 267. See also Isaac Vose & Son
Vose, Coates & Co., 258–62, 260–62f, 264f
Vose–Holden partnership, 263
· W ·
Wadsworth, Katherine Bullard, 252, 281n7
Wadsworth, William, 252
Walcott, Samuel B., 306
Walker, Mrs. (widow), 160, 162, 164, 164t
Walpole, Robert, 157
Walter, Thomas U., 354
Walton, John, 106n10, 109, 123n13, 124n38
Ward, Barbara McLean, 179n28
War of 1812, 224n27, 257, 259, 302–3
War of Spanish Succession (1713), 35, 36
Warren, Joseph, 138
Washington, Martha, 301
Washington Street (Boston), 29, 246, 253–55, 260, 278, 331
wax figure, Boston, 1720–25 (Gardner), 161, 162f
Weil, Henry, 109
Welch, Francis, 299
Welch, John, 93, 98f, 101, 102, 102–4f, 104, 106, 108n50, 108n52
Welch, Margaret Stackpole, 299
Weld, Benjamin, 239
The Christ Rejected, 304
West, William W., 251f
Wheeler, Michael P., 224n29
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill: Harmony in Blue and Gold (Peacock Room), 195, 206n1
Whitaker, James, 205
White, Abiel, 219
White, Ammi, 224n37
White, Eben, 236n12
White, Maria (wife of Benjamin Bass, Jr.), 240
Whitehill, Walter Muir, 32n7
State Dining Room (Bacon sketches), 362–64f, 363
Whiting, Mrs. Giles, 236n18
Whiting, Stephen, 102
Whitmore, Rebeckah, 160
Whitwell, Mrs. Frederick Silsbee, 236n17
Whitwell, Samuel, 236n17
Whitwell, Bond & Co., 29
Wiggin, Benjamin, 305
Wightman, Thomas (1759–1827), 29, 29f, 243, 247, 248f, 255–56f, 256, 259f, 259–61, 260–61f, 263, 267–69f, 269–70, 272f, 272–73, 274f, 275–80, 276–77f, 283nn54–55
Wightman, Thomas, Jr. (1782–1820), 152f, 228f, 242f, 252f, 260, 269f, 270, 283n54, 285n96, 290n196
Wightman family, 260
Wilder, Joshua, 224n26
Wilder, Peter, 202
Wilkes, John, 175
Willard, Aaron, 294
Willard, Aaron, Jr., 299
Willard, Joseph, 131
Willard, Joshua, 46n5
Willard, Simon, 214–16, 221, 224n34, 251, 293–94
Willard House Museum (Graton, Mass.), 224n34
William and Mary style, 49, 95
William H. Prescott House (Boston), 237n23
Williams, John Davis, 257, 260, 261, 312n19
Williams, Jonathan, 191
Williams, Samuel Sprague, 293, 295
Williams and Everett, 311
Windsor chairs, 12–13, 27, 181–93
square-back, 186, 186–87f, 187
Windsor armchair, Boston, 1784–89 (Blackford), 182, 182f
Windsor armchair, Boston, 1790–98 (Tuck), 182, 183f
Windsor armchair, Boston, 1805–20 (Gragg), 202, 202f
Windsor armchair, Boston, 1820–30 (Gragg), 188, 188f
Windsor armchair, Philadelphia, 1755–62 (Trumble, attrib.), 27, 27f
Windsor settee, Boston, 1795–1800, 182, 183f
Windsor side chair, Boston, 1793–1800 (attrib. to Seaver), 183, 184f
Windsor side chair, Boston, 1799–1803 (attrib. to Seaver and Frost), 184, 185f
Windsor side chair, Boston, 1810–15, 186, 187f
Windsor side chair, Boston area, 1812–20, 187, 188f
Windsor side chair, Charleston, Mass., 1803–10 (Hagget), 186, 186f
Windsor cradle, Boston, 1799–1802 (Seaver and Frost), 184, 185f
wine
Grecian wine cooler, Boston, ca. 1820 (attrib. to Isaac Vose & Son, carving by Wightman), 267, 267f, 269
Hutchinson inventory, 162
wine cooler, Boston, 1808 (Vose and Coates, carving by Wightman), 255f, 256, 283n53
wine cooler, Salisbury house, 233
winepot, China, Kangxi period (1662–1722), 58f
Wing, Samuel, 86
Winslow, Edward, 37
Winslow-Pierce family, 117
Winterthur Museum, 11, 63, 67, 237n22
Boston Furniture Archive website, 12
case furniture, 108n41
chair collection, 87, 91nn7–8, 94f, 107n15, 107n18, 108n41, 227
desk with secret compartments, 179n28
Furniture Forum, 11
“The Incredible Elastic Chairs of Samuel Gragg” exhibition (2003), 195
Winthrop, Grenville Temple, 227, 236n16
women as chairmakers, 24
Women’s City Club (Boston), 236n21
Wood, Mary, 239
Woodlawn Museum, Gardens, and Park (Colonel Black Mansion, Ellsworth, Me.), 236n21
wood types
ash, 284n70
bamboo, 183–84, 187–88, 191, 199, 202–3, 206, 243
birch, 30, 95, 107n26, 168, 256, 288n172, 288n174, 289n181
chairs attributed to Graham, 142–46t
chestnut, 354
mahogany, 25, 30, 45, 95, 100, 107n15, 107n20, 113, 115, 127, 130, 136, 141, 147n3, 167, 187, 214, 216, 233, 240–44, 253, 255–57, 261, 267–69, 272–75, 278, 281n18, 282–83nn44–45, 284n68, 286n128, 286n131, 287n149, 288n161, 289n181, 289n185, 290n188, 290n191, 316, 318, 322, 324, 326, 329, 331, 341, 368
maple, 22, 40–41, 54, 95, 99–100, 127, 168, 232, 285n112, 289n181, 316, 324
oak, 38–39, 42, 127, 147n3, 337, 354
rosewood, 199, 230, 232, 256, 258, 261–62, 264, 270, 272, 275, 277, 288n168, 290n188, 318, 324, 326, 329, 332, 337–38, 343, 345, 352
satinwood, 274
Vose and Seymour selecting, 264–65
walnut/black walnut, 22, 25, 35, 37, 39–41, 45, 81–82, 90, 94–96, 100, 107n20, 130, 147n7, 154–55, 158–59, 162, 167, 175, 346, 352–55, 368
white pine, 39–41, 95, 120, 329
Worcester Art Museum, 233, 237n22
Worcester Historical Museum, 237n36
Worrall, John, 259
Wren, Christopher, 153
www.bostonfurniture.winterthur.org, 12
· Y ·
Yale University, 175
Collection of Musical Instruments, 334n37
Yates family, 93
Yehia, Mary Ellen Hayward, 102, 127, 136
Yorkshire, England, 140, 149n29
· Z ·
Zucarelli, Francesco: Upright Landscape, with Italian Ruins, Figures reposing, Sportsmen, &c (Italian Landscape attrib. to Zucarillo in Doggett catalogue), 306, 307f