Pair of ladderback chairs from Mid-Atlantic or Delaware Valley

Finial

• Rush seat
• Front legs and front stretcher are turned

Rush seat

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Front legs and front stretcher are turned

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Winterthur -
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Hepplewhite sideboard

• Made in New York
• 8-legged
• Mahogany & satinwood

Hepplewhite sideboard

• Mahogany & satinwood veneer
• Stringing
• Oval mount with bail handle

• Mahogany & satinwood veneer
• Stringing
• Oval mount with bail handle

• Tapered leg
• Banding simulates spade feet
• Mahogany & satinwood veneer
• Stringing

Nehemiah Adams Federal ladies' desk

• Hepplewhite style
• Brass round mount with bail handle

• Recessed tambour doors
• Stringing on 4 drawers

• Brass round mount with bail handle
• Stringing

Tapered legs decorated with stringing and bellflowers

Chippendale Federal mirror

• 1750
• Partially gilded; mahogany
• phoenix
• Gift from Mrs. Washington to friend

Phoenix (finial) in center of bonnet top pediment

Chinese-influenced fretted panel

Gilded acanthus leaves and flower

Chippendale mirror

Partially gilt and mahogany apron

Chinese parlor.

• Wallpaper painted in China about 1770 and showing scenes of daily life in an oriental village
• "Chinese taste" Chippendale furniture

Chippendale tea table and side chairs

Chippendale tea table.
Chippendale side chairs

Chippendale tea table: Chinese-influenced fretted gallery

Tea table: Chinese-influenced X-stretchers

• Chinese-influenced Chippendale side chairs, especially on the ears, stiles, and apron
• Pierced splat

• Pagoda-like ears
• Chinese-influenced carved top rail and stile