1985.B.15, Newport, Rhode Island, Back stool, 1730-1750
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Side chairs with fully upholstered backs were unusual in colonial America, though popular among the elite in Great Britain and on the Continent during the 18th century.
Armchair [1985.B.14], 18th century, Philadelphia
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following essay is from the 1989 publication American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, by Charles L. Venable.
1985.B.14, Armchair (Philadelphia), 1740-1760
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Like the Newport side chair [1985.B.15], also in the The Bybee Collection Collection of American Furniture at the Dallas Museum of Art, the undulating lines of this chair mark a change from earlier, more linear forms
Tea Table, 18th century, Hartford, Connecticut
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
During the late 17th century, the drinking of tea became fashionable in the British Empire. In response to this new practice, utensils such as teapots, teaspoons, strainers, tea caddies, and teacups were invented or introduced from the Near East. Tea tables with pronounced upper rims were developed about 1700 to support these various devices and to prevent accidents.
1985.B.13, Hartford (?), Connecticut, Tea table, 1730-1750
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
During the late 1600s, the wife of King Charles II of England, Catherine of Braganze, became fascinated with oriental products and popularized tea drinking. By the end of the 17th century, England imported twenty thousand pounds of tea annually.
2001.287 Bridge 14 FEB 45 (Version B)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This print is from an original photograph by an American military aircraft taken on February 14, 1945.
2001.288 14 FEB 45
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This print is from an original photograph by an American military aircraft taken on February 14, 1945.
2001.286 Bridge 14 FEB 45 (Version A), offset print on white cardstock
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This print is from an original photograph by an American military aircraft taken on February 14, 1945.
2001.284 Gerhard Richter, Uncle Rudi (Onkel Rudi), photograph mounted on white Dibond panels, 2000
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Based on a photograph taken only a short while before Hitler and the German army unleashed the maelstrom of World War
2001.285 Gerhard Richter, First Sight (Erster Blick), print on paper mounted on white cardboard, 2000
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
First Sight (Erster Blick) is a typographical reproduction of a newspaper illustration based on a photograph of physicists from the University of Augsburg that ran in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 2000.