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Hoover House - Furniture at the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village
3755 Tonawanda Creek Rd, Amherst, NY
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Renaissance Revival furniture



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Renaissance Revival style - Louis XVI substyle center table

  • Legs are braced by H-shaped stretcher with concave, molded end-members
  • Elaborate (damaged) center carved finial in stretcher
  • Top with bowed ends and straight sides
  • Applied veneer panels in skirt flank carved ornamentation

Applied veneer panels in skirt flank carved ornamentation



Renaissance Revival style upholstered side chair

       

Renaissance Revival style upholstered side chair

  • Curved crest rail, with carving and incised lines, ending in carved, incised ears
  • Top of stile curved and incised

Turned columnar and tapered front legs with prominent capitals and bases, inspired by Louis XVI substyle ... Caster

       


Renaissance Revival style vase or lamp stand




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