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Oil on canvas portrait of Matthew McGlathery
Description:
Half length, portrait of Matthew McGlathery (elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1770, died 1800) facing right, black hat and coat, white shirt with ruffle, with background containing a sweeping red curtain and view of building under construction.…
Date:
c. 1795
Item type:
portrait
Slant-top desk
Description:
mahogany slant-top desk with four graduated drawers, oval brass pulls and French bracket feet. Key holes in drawers. Behind the desk top: 4 small drawers, 2 larger drawers, 8 divided shelves and a center cabinet with 2 divided shelves and another…
Date:
c. 1790
Item type:
desk
Mahogany chest of drawers.
Description:
Mahogany four-drawer chest of drawers. French bracket feet, brass hardware, bowed front. Key hole in center of each drawer
Date:
c. 1790
Item type:
chest of drawers
Framed engraving by Charles Wilson Peale of "A South East View of Christ Church, 1787"
Description:
Framed engraving; In file: communication from donor has recorded following as his words: "Please accept the framed engraving of Christ Church in 1787 herewith sent. The engraving is an impression from the original plate in my possession."
Date:
c. 1787
Item type:
engraving
Wooden stone cutter's mallet with handle
Description:
Beech stone cutter's mallet with handle. Made of wood, 7 accessioning sheets for tools for NBM [?].
Tools are set aside in storage room on right side.
Tools are set aside in storage room on right side.
Date:
approx. 1838 or late 19thc.
Item type:
Mell or Mallet
Windsor Comb-back armchair
Description:
President's chair. One of a set of three chairs- this one is the largest of the three. See ccccp-039a-b. Windsor Comb-back armchair Carved crest and bamboo turned legs. Mahogany with clear coat finish. accompanies speaker's desk, CCCCP-037
Date:
2nd half of 19th C. (1860)
Item type:
armchair
Stand-up speaker's desk
Description:
Large three-sectioned stand-up speaker's desk. Mahogany veneered, slant-top lift-lid center section. Flat-top side sections have sliding writing shelves on sides. The front of desk ornamented with free standing Doric and Ionic columns; eight heavy…
Date:
2nd half 19th C. (1860)
Item type:
speaker's desk
Steel Nesting Saw (aka pit saw)
Description:
Nesting saw or pit saw bolt with movable hinge on handle. Nesting Saw, with three blades. by Henry Disston & Sons, Philadelphia "W" inscribed on both sides of handle. "HENRY DISSTON & SONS PHILADA EASY-STEEL U.S.A. WARRANTED" on blade.
Date:
20th C.
Item type:
nesting saw, pit saw
Metal scraper with wooden handle and wooden cylindrical part on which to rest
Description:
Rectangular metal scraper and wooden cylindrical part on which to rest. The handle and rest are painted maroon. Cabinet or pattern-maker's scraper.
Date:
20th C.
Item type:
metal scraper
Steel combination square with level, Bate Manufacturing Co.
Description:
level or square is painted black. tube of water is green. 12" calibration on rule
Date:
20th C.
Item type:
level / square