The
best examples of American furniture may be seen at the following institutions.
Links are to the "official" pages whenever possible.
Seventeenth Century / Pilgrim Furniture
(1640-1690)
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
New York, New York
- Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- Wadsworth
Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
- Winterthur
Museum,Wilmington, Delaware
- Chipstone
Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Yale
University Art Gallery,New Haven, Connecticut
William and Mary Furniture (1700-1730)
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
New York, New York
- Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- Wadsworth
Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
- Winterthur
Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
- Yale
University Art Gallery,New Haven, Connecticut
- Colonial
Willliamsburg,Williamsburg, Virginia
- Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Queen Anne Furniture (1725-1755)
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
New York, New York
- Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- Winterthur
Museum,Wilmington, Delaware
- Yale
University Art Gallery,New Haven, Connecticut
- Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Chipstone
Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Chippendale Furniture (1755-1790)
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
New York, New York
- Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
- Winterthur
Museum,Wilmington, Delaware
- Chipstone
Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- DeWitt
Wallace Collection,Williamsburg, Virginia
- Rhode
Island School of Design, Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island
- Hennage
Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia
Federal Furniture (1790-1815)
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
New York, New York
- Museum
of the City of New York,New York, New York
- Winterthur
Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
- Baltimore
Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
- Society
for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Boston, Massachusetts
Empire Furniture (1815-1840)
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, New York
- Albany
Institute of Art, Albany, New York
- Museum
of the City of New York, New York, New York
- Maryland
Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland
- Baltimore
Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Restauration and Pillar and Scroll Furniture
(1830-1840)
Gothic/Elizabethan Revival Furniture (1830-1865)
Rococo Revival Furniture (1840-1870)
Renaissance, Neo-Grec and Egyptian Revival
Furniture (1860-1885)
- Brooklyn
Museum of Art,
Brooklyn, New York
- High
Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, New York
- Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
- The
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Innovative Furniture (1850-1900)
Design Reform Furniture (1870-1915)
- Metropolitan
Museum of Art,
New York, New York
- Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
- Grove
Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina
- Craftsman
Farms, Morris Plains, New Jersey
- Gamble
House, Pasadena, California
- Frank
Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois
Source:
Petraglia, Patricia P. Sotheby's Guide to American Furniture.
New York : Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1995.
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