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Rod back Windsor settee
Description:
Rod Back Windsor settee with 3-sectioned back of 15 spindles and one piece serpentine crest rail; plank seat; shaped arm rest terminating in knuckled hand grips; eight vase and ring turned legs intermedial stretchers. 5 of 6.
Date:
c. 1825
Item type:
settee
Rod back Windsor settee
Description:
Rod Back Windsor settee with 3-sectioned back of 15 spindles and one piece serpentine crest rail; plank seat; shaped arm rest terminating in knuckled hand grips; eight vase and ring turned legs intermedial stretchers. 6 of 6.
Date:
c. 1825
Item type:
settee
Molding plane with concave metal blade. 5/8" bead cut.
Description:
beech wood molding plane. by H. Chapin, Pine Meadow, CT Boxed, with front of box missing. Catalog # 123. J.B. Rufe, owner
Date:
c. 1825-1860
Item type:
molding plane
Unhandled screw arm, beech wood, two arm plow plane
Description:
Plow plane by Israel White, plane maker in Philadelphia, 1831-1839. lignum vitae boxing on fence. fence chipped front and back, unusual depth stop control.
Date:
c. 1830
Item type:
plow plane
Commemorative framed ribbon, silk
Description:
The framed ribbon commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Washington- Feb. 22, 1832. Portrait within a shield. Above rising sun of CCCCP's and below compass and square. Gilt frame.
Date:
c. 1832
Item type:
framed ribbon
Sanderson's Franklin House [engraving]
Description:
"Sanderson's Franklin House" engraving Advertisement for hotel. Shows Chestnut St., Philadelphia, store front, horses and carriages, pedestrians. Drawn and engraved by John Ruben Smith. Wood frame. 8-29-85 - Dr. Doris Fanelli, curator of INHP,…
Date:
c. 1832
Item type:
engraving
Molding plow plane with concave-shaped blade. carves convex groove in a board. 7/8" head cut.
Description:
many knicks and a few deep scratches in the wood. small metal piece is bent over the top wooden part extending from the base. by Frederich Dallicker in Montgomery County, PA. lignum vitae boxing. molding plane
Date:
c. 1840-1850
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane used for cutting crossgrain [combination tongue & groove plane] 2 parallel blades are in close proximity
Description:
molding plane; only one top wooden part has a blade with it. thin steel sidingattached with 5 nails reinforces plane. beechwood by D. Colton & J. Colton, Phila.
Date:
c. 1840's - 1850's
Item type:
molding plane
Molding plane, 3/8" bead cut
Description:
molding plane made of beech wood. by D. Colton & B. Sheneman, Philadelphia Excellent double boxing. logos: I. McNutt 3/8 I. McNutt D.COLTON and B. SHENEMAN No. 297 MARKET ST PHILA. I. McNUTT WARRANTED
Date:
c. 1846-52
Item type:
molding plane
Spindle back, plank seat Windsor arm chair
Description:
Eight spindles, plank seat with vase and ring-turned spindles, continuous arm and back rail, terminating in volute hand grips, arched top cresting vase and ring turned legs and front stretcher. All chairs have crack where arms join in back. 6 of 6…
Date:
c. 1850
Item type:
chair
Spindle back, plank seat arm chair; 2009 - top back splint separating, needs repair
Description:
Eight spindles, plank seat with vase and ring-turned spindles, continuous arm and back rail, terminating in volute hand grips, arched top cresting vase and ring turned legs and front stretcher. All chairs have crack where arms join in back. 1 of 6…
Date:
c. 1850
Item type:
arm chair
Spindle back, plank seat armchair
Description:
Eight spindles, plank seat with vase and ring-turned spindles, continuous arm and back rail, terminating in volute hand grips, arched top cresting vase and ring turned legs and front stretcher. All chairs have crack where arms join in back. 2 of 6…
Date:
c. 1850
Item type:
armchair
Spindle plank seat armchair
Description:
Eight spindles, plank seat with vase and ring-turned spindles, continuous arm and back rail, terminating in volute hand grips, arched top cresting vase and ring turned legs and front stretcher. All chairs have crack where arms join in back. 3 of 6…
Date:
c. 1850
Item type:
chair
Spindle back, plank seat armchair
Description:
Eight spindles, plank seat with vase and ring-turned spindles, continuous arm and back rail, terminating in volute hand grips, arched top cresting vase and ring turned legs and front stretcher. All chairs have crack where arms join in back. 4 of 6…
Date:
c. 1850
Item type:
armchair
Spindle plank seat armchair
Description:
Eight spindles, plank seat with vase and ring-turned spindles, continuous arm and back rail, terminating in volute hand grips, arched top cresting vase and ring turned legs and front stretcher. All chairs have crack where arms join in back. 5 of 6…
Date:
c. 1850
Item type:
chair
First Prayer in Congress [engraving]
Description:
Mezzotint Engraving: First Prayer in Congress. Published by John Neale, New York, c. 1850. Original painting by T.H. Matteson, engraved on steel by H.S. Sadd. Framed.
Date:
c. 1850
Item type:
1st Prayer engraving
Molding plane with roughly S-shaped blade. Grecian 5/8" ovolo cut.
Description:
Bottom front of base has distinct regular grooves scratched lightly into the wood. Beech wood. by Arrowmammett Works, Middletown, CT. Catalog # 500. Owner added Fence. molding plane
Date:
c. 1850-1860
Item type:
molding plane
Seth Thomas type hanging wall clock
Description:
Hanging wall clock; Rosewood veneered case with circular calendar dial and clock face.
Date:
c. 1855
Item type:
clock
Victorian umbrella stand
Description:
Mahogany Victorian umbrella stand with cast iron well dish
Date:
c. 1860
Item type:
umbrella stand
Framed Carpenters' Co. statistics
Description:
Statistics, 1724, The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, Founded under the title of The First Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia. Handwritten, written by B. Eakins. contains chronology of C.Co. from 1724 to 1860. Framed.
Date:
c. 1860
Item type:
statistics document
Early wooden drill bit stock with brass button chuck
Description:
wooden and brass. old repairs to cracked sweep. drill bit
Date:
c. 1875-1900
Item type:
drill
One of a pair of brass andirons
Description:
Large brass andirons. Lemon shaped finial, faceted shaft, and ball and claw feet.
Date:
c. 1880
Item type:
andirons
One of a pair of brass andirons
Description:
andirons with lemon shaped finial, faceted shaft, and ball and claw feet. Top of finial missing.
Date:
c. 1880
Item type:
andirons
Molding plane with concave metal blade. 5/8" bead cut.
Description:
many cuts and nicks all over molding plane plane. beech wood, boxed with Boxwood. by Marshall of Glasgow, Scotland. logos: MARSHALL other side: GLASGOW D. WALKER 5/8 D. WALKER WARANTED
Date:
c. 1883-1904
Item type:
molding plane
Photograph of a group of men on north steps of Carpenters' Hall, commemorating 99th anniversary of Constitution- Collotype
Description:
Photograph Entitled: "Governors and Representatives of the 13 Colonial States, at Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia, September 17, 1886, etc." Supplied with key to figures in photo. Wooden frame.
Date:
c. 1886
Item type:
photograph
Steel outside calipers
Description:
initialed- B.W. excellent form external callipers
Date:
c. 189
Item type:
calipers
Coat rack
Description:
free-standing coat rack with bobbin turned center pole and four turned and splayed legs. 1 of 2.
Date:
c. 1900
Item type:
coat rack
Coat rack
Description:
free-standing coat rack with bobbin turned center pole and four turned and splayed legs. 2 of 2. Patent date on circular metal piece at the top with the actual coat hooks is: December 25, 1888
Date:
c. 1900
Item type:
coat rack
Facsimile of Declaration of Independence
Description:
contained within: partial letter from Acting Chief of Bureau [name illegible], State Dept., presenting Declaration of Independence to C.Co. at Thos H. Marshall's request. Acknowledgement of receipt of Co. article which was placed in Dept. library.…
Date:
c. 1900
Item type:
Facsimile of Declaration of Independence
Wooden flagpole.
Description:
Three-section flagpole: 2 long wooden sections screwed at midpoint. Finial shaped as spade in brass-colored metal. Similar to CCCCP-030a.
Date:
c. 1909
Item type:
flagpole
Wooden flagpole.
Description:
Three-section flagpole : 2 long wooden sections screwed at mid-section. Finial shaped as a spade in brass-like metal.
Date:
c. 1909
Item type:
flagpole
Morris type armchair
Description:
oak armchair, with adjustable and cushioned back, upholstered arm rests terminating in ball-shaped hand grips, squared and tapered front legs. 1 of 2 chairs. Right stretcher is broken (piece missing), webbing sags badly.
Repaired Summer 1988. Tom…
Repaired Summer 1988. Tom…
Date:
c. 1910
Item type:
armchair
Wooden flagpole
Description:
Three-section flagpole: 2 long wooden sections screwed at mid-section. Finial shaped as swooping eagle in brass-like metal.
Date:
c. 1912
Item type:
flagpole