Bookcase

Unknown

1835–50 · Mahogany, pine · The American Wing

The overlay of Gothic tracery, trefoils, and cluster columns on this otherwise classical bookcase reveals the emerging interest in the Gothic Revival style in New York beginning in the mid-1830s. The lower section, with its scroll support, door arrangement, and ogee-molded drawer, follows the design of a sideboard illustrated in the New York cabinetmaker Joseph Meeks’s broadside advertisement of 1833.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1835–50

Medium

Mahogany, pine

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of John C. Cattus, 1967