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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
Bench
Datecirca 1917
Mediumwalnut, wool needlepoint upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 18 1/4 x 44 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (46.4 x 113.3 x 47 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.84
DescriptionThis William and Mary style long bench with needlepoint tapestry upholstery is distinguished by six block and trumpet-turned legs ending in whorl-carved feet and joined by two pairs of curved x-stretchers let into the blocks. The pairs of stretchers are joined by turned finials. The benches are covered with polychrome floral wool needlepoint upholstery with a parrot worked into each end and outlined around the bottom by wool tassled gimp.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
