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Daybed, belonging to Lincoln Family

Cradle, used by Lincoln family

Settee, built specially for Abraham Lincoln

Secretary, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Dining table, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Cake Stand, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln

Showroom Display for the Grant Wood Lounge Chair

Hall Chairs, from "Designs of Furniture, a Stock of Which is always Kept Ready for Sale at Their Cabinet and Upholstory Manufactory and Workrooms, no. 6 Finsbury pavement, London

Commode with Dragon Motifs

Stool

Moon Chest

Reception room in the Braganca Palace, Chandor

Fragments

Mucha in his Studio at 6, Rue du Val de Grace, around 1900

Records of Arrangements in the Shogunal Guest Hall (Kundaikan sochoki)

Caryatid stool of figure with scarified torso

Equipment for the Sleeping Area

Exploring the Artistic

The Furniture Outlook

Sewing table, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln

Lounge, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

End table, owned by Rev. Charles Dresser, a friend of the Lincoln family

R.R. Thompson and Son Advertisement

Chest of drawers, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln

Candelabra, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Sideboard Table

Moon Chest

Bench

Five-Seated Stool

Etagere

Servant's Bedroom, from Heal's Catalog

The Romance of the Western Chamber

Chief's Stool

Moral Furnishing of the 1880s, from "The Drawing Room: Its Decorations and Furniture

Furniture Production in Illinois

Sleigh bed, owned by Abraham Lincoln

Dessert dish, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Candelabrum, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Folding game table, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Wardrobe, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

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".
Cradle, used by Lincoln family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Large cradle of black walnut on rockers. Sides have turned dowels, ends are solid with curved top. Slats hold mattress. H 31 1/2" x W 29 1/2" x L 48 3/8".
Settee, built specially for Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Hardwood brown painted bench with arm rests, shaped seat and slightly curved backrest designed for comfort. Simple design on backrest resembles Windsor chairs. It is 81" long, 20" wide, and 32" high.
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"...
Dining table, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Drop-leaf, gate-leg, walnut Empire style dining room table. Gate legs hinged on left side, folding into right side of base. Six legs, turned, with rings at various intervals. Rounded turning near foot, with rounded feet. H. 28" L. 40" W. 43 1/2", Leaves W. 17", Center W. 19".
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".
Showroom Display for the Grant Wood Lounge Chair
Image | 1938 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: American.
Hall Chairs, from "Designs of Furniture, a Stock of Which is always Kept Ready for Sale at Their Cabinet and Upholstory Manufactory and Workrooms, no. 6 Finsbury pavement, London
Image | 1850 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Commode with Dragon Motifs
Image | 1730 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCirca 1730.
Stool
Image | 2005 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionInspired by an organically shaped tree trunk stool. Can be used as a stool or a table.
Moon Chest
Image | 2008 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionChests of huali wood, or Chinese quince, incised with four circular openings. There are eighty-one chests in total.
Reception room in the Braganca Palace, Chandor
Image | 1601-1900 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionWith 18th and 19th century furniture.
Fragments
Image | 2005 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: Genera.
Mucha in his Studio at 6, Rue du Val de Grace, around 1900
Image | 1900 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Records of Arrangements in the Shogunal Guest Hall (Kundaikan sochoki)
Image | 1501-1600 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Caryatid stool of figure with scarified torso
Image | 1904 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Equipment for the Sleeping Area
Audio | 1947 | WILL Sound Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
Exploring the Artistic
Audio | 1947 | WILL Sound Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
The Furniture Outlook
Audio | 1946 | WILL Sound Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
Sewing table, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two-drawer small sewing table. Pedestal rectangular post, rectangular base, four modified feet. L 24" x H 27 1/2" x W 20".
Lounge, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Serpentine back, one-armed upholstered sofa, modified Late Empire style. Couch has sloped arm, headrest, curved upholstered ends, 3/4th low serpentine back, extra-length, and four turned legs with bun feet on coasters. Reupholstered by Clifford Putman in Springfield, IL 1953. H. 32 1/2", Base L. 67", Arm Rest estends 12", total L. 79" D. 22" Seat H. 16 1/2".
End table, owned by Rev. Charles Dresser, a friend of the Lincoln family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Lamp table with removable marble top on walnut turned pedestal. Pedestal does not reach to the ground, and is supported by four incurved cut-out legs with ceramic castors connected to the center pedestal. Brace is stenciled with black ink on top "Nutt & Barkley Springfield, ILL." L 30" x W 21 1/2".
R.R. Thompson and Son Advertisement
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The R.R. Thompson and Son Company was an early Bloomington mattress and furniture factory.
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".
Sideboard Table
Image | 1867 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Moon Chest
Image | 2008 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionCulture: Chinese.
Bench
Image | 1801-1900 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Five-Seated Stool
Image | 1801-2000 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Etagere
Image | 1894 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Servant's Bedroom, from Heal's Catalog
Image | 1896 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
The Romance of the Western Chamber
Image | 1835-1893 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionInterior scene of a man and woman interacting amid furniture and ornaments while the man has tea.
Chief's Stool
Image | 1801-2000 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Moral Furnishing of the 1880s, from "The Drawing Room: Its Decorations and Furniture
Image | 1878 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view.
Furniture Production in Illinois
Audio | 1946 | WILL Sound Recordings (Digital Surrogates)
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".
Dessert dish, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Leaf-shape ironstone dish. Leaf has 11 lopes. Bottom turns back at both sides, forming handles. Impressed into underside: "J. Clementson" at top of circle. Inner circle reads "Ironstone China." Of English design/manufacture. L 9 3/8 x W 6 3/4".
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".
Folding game table, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)top folds in half, rectangular pedestal leg with columns at edges, bowed base, Y scroll on casters. Front rail table top base is carved feet, with front edges of leaves rounded. L 37 1/2" x H 28 1/2" x W 18 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".

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