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ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
DepartmentHistoric House
Music Cabinet
Maker
Shaw Furniture Company
(founded 1780)
RetailerPossibly
W. & J. Sloane
(active 1843 - 1985)
Datecirca 1917
Mediumwalnut
DimensionsOverall: 48 3/8 x 26 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (122.9 x 66.7 x 36.8 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.97
DescriptionThis upright walnut cabinet made in the William & Mary style features narrow shelves to hold boxes containing music rolls for the Aeolian organ. The board top features a dentilated molding that overhangs the edge above a rail with a frieze of carved rosettes connected to the sides which display on the front a mask at the top of each with pendant fruit carved in the Mannerist style. The bottom rail is a carved series of lambrequins. The short turned front legs end in carved foliate feet connected by a stretcher made of elaborate foliate scrolls.ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
Status
On view
Object/Object
