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Desk and bookcase, c. 1832-1834, Attributed to Meads and Alvord, Albany, New York, 84 13/16 x 51 x 25 in. (215.42 x 129.54 x 63.5 cm), Mahogany, pine, tulip, brass, glass, United States, 19th century, The business partnership of John Meads (1777-1859) and William Alvord (1766-1853) resulted in some of the most artistically sophisticated furniture made in nineteenth-century America. Meads & Alvord was the premier Neoclassical furniture firm in Albany, and they used their status and shop location to serve a wide clientele throughout the Hudson River Valley and further west along the Erie Canal (completed in 1825). As demonstrated in this desk and bookcase, when designing furniture, Meads & Alvord adopted popular Grecian and Gothic Revival designs that were characteristic of larger American style centers. The overall form of this desk and bookcase was often seen in New York City furniture, while the decoration, such as the carved melon feet, was popular in Boston cabinetwork.
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Desk and bookcase, c. 1832-1834, Attributed to Meads and Alvord, Albany, New York, 84 13/16 x 51 x 25 in. (215.42 x 129.54 x 63.5 cm), Mahogany, pine, tulip, brass, glass, United States, 19th century, The business partnership of John Meads (1777-1859) and William Alvord (1766-1853) resulted in some of the most artistically sophisticated furniture made in nineteenth-century America. Meads & Alvord was the premier Neoclassical furniture firm in Albany, and they used their status and shop location to serve a wide clientele throughout the Hudson River Valley and further west along the Erie Canal (completed in 1825). As demonstrated in this desk and bookcase, when designing furniture, Meads & Alvord adopted popular Grecian and Gothic Revival designs that were characteristic of larger American style centers. The overall form of this desk and bookcase was often seen in New York City furniture, while the decoration, such as the carved melon feet, was popular in Boston cabinetwork.
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2448 x 4290 px | 30.0 MB
Print size:
20.7 x 36.3 cm | 8.2 x 14.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1766-1853 • 1777-1859 • 1825 • 1832-1834 • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH • ALBANY • ALVORD • ARTISTICALLY SOPHISTICATED FURNITURE • ATTRIBUTED • BOOKCASE • BOOKSHOP • BOSTON CABINETWORK • BRASS • BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP • CARVED MELON FEET • CHARACTERISTIC • COMPLETED • DECORATION • DEMONSTRATED • DESIGNING FURNITURE • DESK • EEUU • ERIE CANAL • FEATURES • FURTHER WEST • GLASS • GOTHIC REVIVAL DESIGNS • HUDSON RIVER VALLEY • JOHN MEADS • LARGER AMERICAN STYLE CENTERS • MAHOGANY • MANHATTAN, NEW YORK • MEADS & ALVORD ADOPTED POPULAR GRECIAN • MEADS & ALVORD • MEADS • NEW YORK CITY FURNITURE • NEW YORK CITY • NEW YORK • NEW YORK, USA • NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA • OVERALL FORM • PINE • POPULAR • PREMIER NEOCLASSICAL FURNITURE FIRM • RESULTED • SERVE • SHOP LOCATION • STATE • STATUS • TULIP • U. S. A • UMBRELLA PINE • UNITED STATES • WIDE CLIENTELE • WILLIAM ALVORD • XIX CENTURY
