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Loveseat, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Flower stand, belonging to Lincoln Family

Latch assembly, believed to have been installed by Abraham Lincoln, circa 1849

Commemorative Coin, depicting Lincoln and slogans

Lounge, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Shawl, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln

Marriage certificate, from the wedding of E.S. Barnes and Caroline Inslee

Sofa, left by Rev. Charles Dresser when he sold his home to the Lincolns

Political Medallions, depicting ferrotypes of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

Book, "Principles of Medical Jurisprudence" (owned by Abraham Lincoln)

Cradle, used by Lincoln family

Higham Court

Dining table, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Folding game table, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Wallpaper, used in restoration efforts of Lincoln Home

Cane, from Lincoln Home

Chair, from the residence of Ninian W. and Elizabeth Todd Edwards, brother-in-law and sister of Mary Todd Lincoln

Photographic print, of Henrietta Robinson

Necklace, Antebellum jewelry

Sewing table, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln

Soapstone Block, from Victorian/Antebellum Springfield, IL

Shadow box, Antebellum keepsake

Cane, made from a shoot of an apple tree which grew in the back yard of the Lincoln Home

Wallpaper, from bedroom of Abraham Lincoln

Tablecloth, possibly used by Lincoln family

Trim 3, from Lincoln's catafalque

Book, leatherbound Bible

Servant's Bedroom, from Heal's Catalog

The Spirit of Justice

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

Piano owned by Ninian W. and Elizabeth Todd Edwards, brother-in-law and sister of Mary Todd Lincoln

Earrings, Antebellum jewelry

Fob, Antebellum jewelry

Stickpin, Antebellum jewelry

Trim 2, from Lincoln's catafalque

Chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln

Desk chair, used in legal office of Abraham Lincoln and John Logan

Cane, from Lincoln Home

Loveseat, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Small mahogany sofa or loveseat, black horsehair upholstery, serpentine rail with carved rose and open Molding. Legs and seat rail have carvings as well. Legs have carved petals, and center has fruit-like carving (pineapple?). Thin arms, top rail ends with scrolls, sofa seat wedge-shaped, arms curve into back. L 66" x H 19" x D 20".
Flower stand, belonging to Lincoln Family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Oak flower stand with applied carving of lion's head on front panel. H 35 1/4" x W 14 1/2" x D 15 1/4".
Latch assembly, believed to have been installed by Abraham Lincoln, circa 1849
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Shutter blind sill keeper for double latching shutter locks. J-shaped iron with one screw hole opposite lip end. Upper lip end forms a tooth-like protrusion in center bottom, top. The assembly has lost most of its original light brown paint. Rust spots bottom, top. Lip has speckles of light brown paint. L 1 3/8" x W 7/8" x D 3/16".
Commemorative Coin, depicting Lincoln and slogans
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Copper coin showing Abraham Lincoln and slogans. Profile of Lincoln, beardless, facing right, inscriptions around rim. Back has laurel wreath around slogan & inscriptions along rim, on bottom is engraver's name. Obverse: "Abraham Lincoln Born Feb.12.1809" Reverse: "Republican Candidate 1860/No More/Slave/Territory" Diam 1 1/4" x D 1/16".
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".
Shawl, belonging to Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Crocheted white wool shawl. Very large, rectangular with rounded corners, scalloped edges, ribbon run through before border. Very soft wool. L 83" W 72".
Marriage certificate, from the wedding of E.S. Barnes and Caroline Inslee
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Yellowed marriage certificate for the wedding of E.S. Barnes and Caroline Inslee on November 24, 1842, in Springfield. The certificate is signed by N.W. Matheny. Note below printed area in ink: "Solemnized by me on the/day and date above written/Charles Dresser." Marked on back: "E.S. Barnes & Caroline S. Inslee No. 2802." L 7 3/4" x W 6".
Sofa, left by Rev. Charles Dresser when he sold his home to the Lincolns
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)slightly swelled wedge shape, small legs on castors, back is modified simple comb with slight scrolls 1/3 & 2/3 down top rail. Cyma curved arms, end in slight scroll, edge of bottom rail on seat small-spool beaded. L 79" x W 26" x H 39".
Political Medallions, depicting ferrotypes of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Brass raised ring encircling back-to-back ferrotypes of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. Ring has hole at top for hanging, cross-hatching and raised letters & edges. Ferrotypes: unbearded Lincoln (taken Feb. 1860 - Cooper Union), Hamlin in dark suit. Obverse: "Abram Lincoln Free Soil & Free Men" Reverse: "Hannibal Hamlin Free Speech" Diam 1 1/8" x H 1/16".
Book, "Principles of Medical Jurisprudence" (owned by Abraham Lincoln)
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Principles of Medical Jurisprudence. Albany. Gould, Banks & Gould, 475 Broadway. New York: Banks Gould & Co. 144 Nassau St. 1850. L 9 1/2" x W 5 7/8" x D 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".
Higham Court
Image | 1849 | Bob Riley Landscape Architecture CollectionCreation location: Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
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".
Chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Caned seat Late Empire side chair. Seat is a modified shield shape. Back has two curved rails. Back legs are slightly curved, front legs cyma curve. Wide, flat, bowed stretcher at front, two rounded stretchers at each side. One round stretcher at back. Identical to LIHO 26 & 27. H 32" x W 16" x D 16".
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".
Chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Caned seat Late Empire side chair. Identical to LIHO 26, except that LIHO 27 has no front seat rim.
Wallpaper, used in restoration efforts of Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Blue, white, and gold wallpaper with floral and fleur-de-lies pattern. Fair condition, very dirty. One of six sections (LIHO 5420-5425) removed from the south wall of the northwest bedroom of the Lincoln Home during the 1987 restoration. Part five of six sections, comprising LIHO 5420-5425. L 60 7/8" x W 33 5/8".
Cane, from Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Tree-branch cane made from elm wood. Branch is in a natural state with smaller branches sawed off at intervals from top to bottom. Rustic appearance. Dark brown. L 37" x Diam. 1 3/8".
Chair, from the residence of Ninian W. and Elizabeth Todd Edwards, brother-in-law and sister of Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Victorian open balloon-back side chair. Top rail has carved flowers: two roses in middle, two nine-petal flowers with leaves at sides. Middle rail is curved and has four petal flowers with leaf motif. Modified shield-shaped seat, front legs Cyma curved and have leaf motif carving on front side, slightly rounded at back and sides into point feet. Back legs slightly curved, tw...
Photographic print, of Henrietta Robinson
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Sepia photograph of Henrietta Robinson. Portrait, frame and mat identical to 7034. Marked on back: "Mrs. Henson Robinson/Born Henrietta Maria Keys/ July 29, 1839 in Spfd..." Pronounced evidence of former oval mat, paint chips on inner frame black band. Part of set with LIHO 7034. H 27 1/4" x W 23 1/4" x D 1 3/4" (frame).
Necklace, Antebellum jewelry
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)back side contains three plumes, all under glass. Broken-braided human hair chain with clasp on top. L 1 5/8" x W 1 3/8".
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".
Soapstone Block, from Victorian/Antebellum Springfield, IL
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Rectangular soapstone block. Hewn rectangular iron at sides near top. H 17" L 9" D 2".
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".
Cane, made from a shoot of an apple tree which grew in the back yard of the Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Smooth-bark apple wood cane. Small limbs have been closely trimmed. Slightly curved at lower end.
Wallpaper, from bedroom of Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Irregularly shaped piece of wallpaper, resting on white paper in frame. Blue, gray, and light brown in color. Part of original wallpaper found in Lincoln bedroom. Brown wooden frame, paper backing. L 3 7/8" x W 7 3/8".
Tablecloth, possibly used by Lincoln family
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)White cotton tablecloth with fern pattern motif woven into fabric. Some staining, tears, fraying.
Trim 3, from Lincoln's catafalque
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black wool fringe. Cord is looped and sewn together to form tape. First continues to form tassels before next loop of tape. Tassels made by cord, twisting back on self. Additional, thinner, cord sewn diagonal across front of tape in long and short sections in pattern. Excellent condition. L 20" x W 6 1/16".
Book, leatherbound Bible
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)red, green, & brown ribbons sewn down the spine. Main page: "Butler's Edition, The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments..." Family births, deaths, & marriages on special pages between Apocrypha and New Testament. L 11 1/2" x W 10 3/8" x H 4".
Servant's Bedroom, from Heal's Catalog
Image | 1896 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view
The Spirit of Justice
Image | 1849 | College of Fine and Applied Arts: Teaching CollectionImage view: General view
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".
Piano owned by Ninian W. and Elizabeth Todd Edwards, brother-in-law and sister of Mary Todd Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Square grand piano. 80 keys, rectangular shape, four solid legs, chamfered on front two sides, keys in curved recess. Marks: "Enshcerr" in fancy gold script, "Philadelphia" in gold caps. Surrounded by scrolling. Music stand consists of four sticks attached to top stick, folds into piano. L 80" x H 37 1/2" x W 36".
Earrings, Antebellum jewelry
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)circle of metal at top, one part of which goes through the ear. L 1 3/8" x W 1 1/8".
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".
Stickpin, Antebellum jewelry
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)setting has four molded roses and thistles on outer edge, rope around stone is braid of human hair, set under glass. Long sticker/ pin is twisted in middle. L 3" x W 5/8".
Trim 2, from Lincoln's catafalque
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Silver thread and wire fringe segment. 3/8" wide tape of silver thread, very thin wire thread tassels are attached close together. Silver tassels, twisted into spiral pattern, all same length. L 22 7/16" x W 4".
Chair, belonging to Abraham Lincoln
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Caned seat Empire side chair. Seat is a modified shield shape, with raised rim, front, and sides. Back has two curved rails. Back legs are slightly curved, front legs cyma curve. Wide, flat, bowed stretcher at front, two rounded stretchers at each side. One round stretcher at back. H 32" x W 17" x D 15 1/2".
Desk chair, used in legal office of Abraham Lincoln and John Logan
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Caned seat Hitchcock-style side chair, with faint stenciled gold lines. Slightly shelled seat, rolled front seat rail, rounded back with slightly flattened supports, and incised lines below flattened part. Legs rounded, slightly turned, with series of small band turnings/incised lines below front stretchers. Front legs have small bun feet. Front stretcher flat and curved...
Cane, from Lincoln Home
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Plain turned wood cane with paper label attatched certifying authenticity. Rounded top, tapers slightly to rounded end. End has 1 cm turning hole in center. Most of paper label has flaked off. Thin decorative border, does not completely wrap around label. L 36 1/2" x Diam. 1" to 1/2".