The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 25, no. 8 (April, 1967)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART BULLETIN | VOLUME 25 | NUMBER 8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 25, no. 8 (April, 1967)

Biddle, James, Stuart P. Feld, and Berry B. Tracy

1967

32 pages

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About the authors

"For 'One of the Most Genteel Residences in the City'"
Berry B. Tracy

"In the Midst of 'High Vintage'"
Stuart P. Feld

"A Piece of Great Utility"
James Biddle

Met Art in Publication

Card Table, Charles-Honoré Lannuier American, Bird's-eye maple, rosewood, satinwood, mahogany, brass; secondary wood: pine, American — Card Table
Charles-Honoré Lannuier
1810–19

City Hall Park, New York, Alexander Jackson Davis American, Watercolor, pen and black ink, heightened with white — City Hall Park, New York
Alexander Jackson Davis
1826

Collection de Meubles et Objets de Goût, vol. 1, Pierre de La Mésangère French, Engraving, hand-colored — Collection de Meubles et Objets de Goût, vol. 1
Pierre de La Mésangère
[1802–07]

Card table, Charles-Honoré Lannuier American, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, gilded brass with<br/>white pine, mahogany, American — Card table
Charles-Honoré Lannuier
1805–12

Pier table, Charles-Honoré Lannuier American, Rosewood veneer, gilded<br/>gesso, brass, white metal, marble, glass with<br/>mahogany, ash, white pine, yellow poplar, American — Pier table
Charles-Honoré Lannuier
1815–19

Artist Sketching at Stony Brook, New York (from McGuire Scrapbook), William Sidney Mount American, Graphite on off-white wove paper, American — Artist Sketching at Stony Brook, New York (from McGuire Scrapbook)
William Sidney Mount
1840

Long Island Farmhouses, William Sidney Mount American, Oil on canvas, American — Long Island Farmhouses
William Sidney Mount
1862–63

The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose), William Sidney Mount American, Oil on mahogany, American — The Raffle (Raffling for the Goose)
William Sidney Mount
1837

Cider Making, William Sidney Mount American, Oil on canvas, American — Cider Making
William Sidney Mount
1840–41

Studio of William S. Mount (from McGuire Scrapbook), Shepard Alonzo Mount American, Graphite on off-white laid paper, American — Studio of William S. Mount (from McGuire Scrapbook)
Shepard Alonzo Mount

Pair of urns and pedestals, Robert Adam British, Scottish, Inlaid mahogany, British — Pair of urns and pedestals
Robert Adam
ca. 1780 with latter additions

Sideboard Table, Thomas Seymour American, Primary: mahogany,mahogany and curly maple veneers, birch, holly (arch inlay) Causurina (she-oak) all light wood veneers and inlay, Sabicu (side veneer): secondary: soft maple (sides and sub-top), white pine (tops to end sections, backboard, drawer bottoms) cherry (drawer sides and back)., American — Sideboard Table
Thomas Seymour
1805–10

Louis XV (1710–1774) as a Child, Hyacinthe Rigaud French, Oil on canvas — Louis XV (1710–1774) as a Child
Hyacinthe Rigaud
ca. 1716–24

Side table, Robert Adam British, Scottish, Mahogany, British — Side table
Robert Adam
ca. 1780