Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Rocking chair, belonged to Pickarel family (friends of Abraham Lincoln)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black horsehair-upholstered rocking chair with partially upholstered arms. Back curved, ending in slight scroll. Arms curve around to front and back, up to underside of arms, with fleur de lis and curved design. Bottom edge of front seat rail has molded rim, back legs bowed slightly to rocker, front less so. H 39" x W 20" x D 19".
Framed print of Martha Washington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)remnants of scallop molding on rim. Contains picture of Martha Washington wearing dark dress with white lace collar, cuffs and cap. She is seated at a table and holds a book. L 18" x W 16".
Wood stove, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Royal Oak iron cook stove on four cabriole legs. Had rounded apron front. Stove curves in toward back. Bent stove pipe. Molded rims, leaf and rosette molding on doors. L 40" H 27" W 31".
Dinner Plate, belonging to the Lincoln Family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)China dinner plate of English manufacture. Gray transfer pattern of a castle scene in center. Rim has repeated pattern of a different castle. Numeral 20 is impressed into bottom of plate. Diam. 10 1/4".
Chest of drawers, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Classic Empire-style chest of drawers. Square feet, four drawers, with wooden knobs. Top drawer overhangs lower drawers. Two modified bun-shaped turning just below overhang on either side, on casters. L 43" x H 40 1/2" x W 19".
Candelabra, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Single-stick girandole candelabra, with marble base, turned bronze pedestal support, three-branched stem. Cast-bronze piece with flowers and pair of turtle dove designs. Pedestal has remnants of burnished design. Triangular star/ snowflake cut glass prisms hang from cast bronze round. In set with LIHO 150 and 152. H 17 1/2" x Base L 5" x W 5".
Cake Stand, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Glass cake plate on stand, pedestal base, turned stem, fluted column effect at top of stem. Plate has rim side, base is hollow, but stem is solid. H 8", Diam. 11".
Seashell, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Abalone seashell. One half of seashell, outside has encrustations, five holes, mother-of-pearl lining inside. L 7 1/2" W 5 3/4".
Rocking chair, belonging to the Lincoln Family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Small black horsehair-upholstered rocking chair. Very low arms from front seat rail at seat height, running back rising to little knobs at elbow height. Bottom rim on front seat rail. Front legs modified cabriolet, back bowed rockers curve down at back and are cut off at front. H 32 3/4" x W 20" x D 17".
Secretary, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Tall secretary desk with glass front, four bookcases on top, enclosed bottom cupboard, fold-out desk tray. Bookcase has double doors wtih six panes of glass in each door, desk tray which is covered with green felt, rests on two pullout sticks with small gold knobs. Bottom cupboard has double doors with two rectangular wooden panels. Dimensions: Bookcase H. 54 1/2" L. 48"...
Framed print of George Washington
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wood and papier mache oval frame. Molded flowers at compass points. Remnants of scallop molding on rim, contains portrait of George Washington. He wears a dark suit with white shirt and high collar. He holds a sword in his left hand. L 18" x W 16".
Framed print of barnyard scene
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Interior scene of a barn with animals (horses, pigs, goat, rabbits, ducks, cat, rooster, pigeons, goose) and man and woman. Horses stand to right of scene. Black horse is covered with a blanket that a cat is laying on. Center of picture shows the middle beams with harnesses hanging from it and the farmer's wife holding a rabbit in her apron. Farmer is in left scene reaching ...
Bracelet, Antebellum jewelry
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)and engraved brass catches on either side of stone. Crocheted band has two open bands with double crocheted band in the middle. L 6 3/4" x W 3/4".
Cream pitcher, belonging to the Lincoln Family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Ceramic cream pitcher. Cream color, octagonal base, rounded octagonal shape. H 2 1/4" x W 6" x D 2 1/4".
Daybed, belonging to Lincoln Family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Caned day bed. Two caned round arms fit onto bed with screw key. Ring-turned legs and supports, opens up and has 13 round supports for mattress, etc. The mattress is missing. L 54" H 28" x W 26 1/2".
Relish dish, belonging to the Lincoln Family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Oval pressed ornate glass dish. Hobnail pattern on bottom. Clear bottom side part, flares to hobnail, top side has scalloped edge. L 8 1/2" x W 5 3/4".
Book, "Queens of England
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Book, "Queens of England", published in New York City by D. Appleton & Co., 1861. Tooled leather binding, frontpiece. Book is signed by "Mary Lincoln 1860". 323 pages incl. illustrations and list of plates. L 11 3/4" x W 7 1/4" x H 1 1/2".
Chest of drawers, used in the home of Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Empire classical-style bureau. Overhanging top drawer supported by two smooth columns, three drawers underneath. Top plain, back legs have bun feet. Large knobs. Large wooden sides have panel effect. L 44" x H 47" x W 22".
Table, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Small table stand, two shelves, bracket feet. Side rails curve up to cornice-style support for top shelf. Bottom shelf solid, but narrower than top. Top shelf has two supports at inner side of rails, rectangular with rounded ends. Bottom shelf long, rectangular. L 23 1/2" x H 23" x W 15 1/2".
Blanket Chest, associated with Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Medium sized blanket chest on legs. Bun and peg feet, turned legs. Bottom section of chest contains one drawer with two mushroom knobs. Lid of chest is rounded, black paint outlining on chest, top chest utilizes dovetail joints and sides. L 37" x H 33" x W 19".
Candelabrum, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Single-stick girandole candelabra, with marble base, turned bronze pedestal support, branched stem. cast-bronze priece with flowers and pair of turtle dove designs. Pedestal has remnants of burnished design. Triangular star/ snowflake cut glass prisms hang from cast bronze round. In set with LIHO 151 and 152. H 16 1/2" x L 5" x W 5".
Shadow box from Antebellum Springfield, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Shadow box containing human hair wreath. Hair is braided and made into three branch wreath w/bows and flowers and cones. Frame has flowers applied at compass points, molded using paper ache in part. Box measure: L 19 1/2" x W 16 1/2".
Framed print of Henry Clay
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Deep rectangular wooden frame contains print of Henry Clay. He wears a dark suit and large bow tie with a high-collared white shirt. L 15" x W 13 1/2".
Bust of Charles Dickens
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)White Parian ware bust of Charles Dickens. Pedestal base, full bust from chest up. Frock coat, vest and tie, long beard and moustache, short hair. Inscribed "Charles Dickens J & TH." H 8 7/8".
Hat rack, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Gothic arch open hat rack. Pointed at top arch, and in middle mirror. Seven hooks, bottom shelf has tin umbrella tray. Two slightly turned posts, one slightly turned rail across front, four slightly turned rails connecting with back. Four modified bun feet. Umbrella stand is 29 1/2" tall. H 84" x W 26" x D 12".
Rocking Chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)front of rocker rounded. Upholstered in black horsehair. H 40" x D 20".
Rocking chair, owned and used by Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)caned seat curved, rectangular, slightly sloping toward back. Front seat rail rounded, back and front legs bowed, rockers attached with pegs to side of legs rather than bottom. H 36" x W 17 1/2" x D 15 1/2".
Bed Steps, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Wooden steps. Two-steps, solid sides, open back with one dovetailed rail near bottom. H 10 1/2" x L 9 1/2" x D 9 1/2".
Fob, Antebellum jewelry
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)carved in shape of a long hoof. Bottom of gold with initials "GFHL" in circle, attatched to small braided hair loop. L 1 3/8".
Child's chair, owned by Abraham Lincoln, used by his fourth son, Thomas (Tad)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Low small Empire-style caned seat side chair. Modified shield-shaped seat, two back splats w/outlined carved, bowed back legs. Slightly cyma curved front legs, front stretcher curved and flat, two round stretchers at each side, round stretcher at back. H 26" x W 15" x D 13 1/2".
Wall mirror, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Small oval mirror, mounted on open carved back with two small shelves on either side, supported by open carved bracket. One shelf larger, with top that opens for storage space, supported by open-carved bracket beneath. H 27" x W 13".
Dinner Plate, belonging to the Lincoln Family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)China dinner plate. In center is hand-painted small floral bouquet. On rim, at horizontal compass points is red flower sprigg. Diam. 9 1/2".
Desk, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Dark stained pine desk. Two rows of open cubbyholes above desk lid. Lid has hinges and lifts up. Slant-top lid and writing area. Very plain, crude craftsmanship. H 74 13/16" x W 11 1/4" x L 26".
Roofing shingle, believed to have been installed on the roof of the Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Roofing shingle made from milled wood. Distinct grain on wide part, weathered to almost black color. Found during 1987-1988 restoration. L 5 11/16" x W 1 1/8" x D 1/4".
Shadow box, Antebellum keepsake
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Deep oval shadow box, containing flower arrangement made from human hair. Rectangular box is set into oval frame, with small gilt band with carving and high-molded ridge in center. Frame and outside of box painted black, back unfinished, inside of box lined with yellow material. Part of the flower arrangement is crocheted, and the rest is plain hair. L 15" x H 4" x W 13".
Framed print of Daniel Webster
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Deep rectangular wooden frame, identical to LIHO 325. Contains picture of Daniel Webster. He wears a dark suit and bow tie with a high-collared shirt. He has deep-set eyes and heavy eyebrows. L 15" x W 13 1/2".
Wardrobe, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Empire-style tall wardrobe. Bracket feet, base carved and scrolled, two large doors divided into two panels each, with narrow strip between doors. Two small mushroom-type wooden knobs. Plain cornice top, sides have one panel. L 56" x H 83 1/2" x W 20 1/2".
Sleigh bed, owned by Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Mahogany sleigh bed. Top rail of headboards rolled, incised carving at sides, panel effect for posts. Side rails paneled, with rolled plain carved top at ends. Incised carved modified bulb feet, on casters. Bed very plain, overall. L 78" x H 44 1/2" x W 60".
Rocking chair, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Splint weave ladder back rocker. Four back rails in "ladder." Round legs and side rails, round stretchers, two round stretchers at sides, one each low at front and back. Front and back edges of rocker rounded off, legs come down over rocker. H 35 " x W 17" x D 14".
Candelabrum, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Single-stick girandole candelabra, with marble base, turned bronze pedestal support, branched stem. Cast-bronze piece with flowers and pair of turtle dove designs. Pedestal has remnants of burnished design. Triangular star/ snowflake cut glass prisms hang from cast bronze round. In set with LIHO 150 and 151. H 16 1/2" x Base L 5" W 5".

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