by Alex Seigfried | Mar 11, 2025 | DAR Museum, Folk Art, Instruments, and Tools
Tomahawk, Hammer Poll Maker Yet-to-be-known blacksmith Date of Creation c. 1770 Location Eastern Pennsylvania Materials Maple, iron, silver Institution DAR Museum Credit Line N/A Accession Number 2024.31 Photo Credit Photo by Carrie Blough, DAR Museum Curator...
by Alex Seigfried | Mar 11, 2025 | Biggs Museum of American Art, Furniture and Clocks
Tall Clock Maker George Crow Date of Creation 1740–62 Location Wilmington, Delaware Materials Brass works Institution Biggs Museum of American Art Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Sewell C. Biggs Accession Number 1992.76 Photo Credit Carson Zullinger One of the great...
by Alex Seigfried | Mar 11, 2025 | Biggs Museum of American Art, Furniture and Clocks
Armchair Maker Unknown Date of Creation Late 1740s–1765 Location Delaware Materials Walnut Institution Biggs Museum of American Art Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Sewell C. Biggs Accession Number 1992.94.1 Photo Credit Carson Zullinger This armchair and a related...
by Alex Seigfried | Mar 11, 2025 | Biggs Museum of American Art, Furniture and Clocks
Tea Table Maker “Big” Tom Burton Date of Creation 1865–1900 Location Long Neck (Sussex County), Delaware Materials Walnut, swamp root, metal Institution Biggs Museum of American Art Credit Line Museum Purchase Accession Number 2009.4 Photo Credit Carson...
by Alex Seigfried | Mar 5, 2025 | Textiles, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Sampler Maker Jane Freedom Date of Creation c. 1830 Location Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut Materials Silk on linen Institution The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Credit Line The Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Bayou Bend Docent...
