Museum Of Furniture

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Museum of furniture. For more on winterthur s furniture collection please see galleries new acquisitions recent discoveries and the winterthur furniture forum. Queen anne and chippendale periods in the henry francis du pont winterthur museum. By the 1960s the museum was actively collecting shaker furniture and in the 1970s acquired a room from the shaker community of new lebanon new york.

The museum grounds located along the historic el camino real de los tejas the royal road of texas are home to native plants beautiful texas wildflowers and ancient live oak trees. Books about winterthur furniture. Today the objects displayed in the shaker retiring room gallery 734 and in the henry r.

In history british furniture you will find the landmarks in english styles like the book of chippendale the gentleman and cabinet maker s director. Some exhibitions rotate but the museum s permanent showcase on 20th century furniture and decor is first rate. The museum of the city of new york s furniture collection documents new york city style from the late 17th to the early 20th century and illustrates how furniture production or cabinetmaking as it was known before the 20th century was a large component of manufacturing in new york city in the 18th and 19th centuries and how its quality and distinctive style grew with the city.

The museum of texas handmade furniture exhibits one of the largest collections of this biedermeier furniture style created by these early pioneer artisans. In history french furniture the french antique furniture styles.