Tag Archives: Florence Van Rensselaer

Beneath the Grime: A Dazzling Center Table Revealed

Posted on November 11, 2022 by mansionmusings

Decorative arts specialist and BPMM Curatorial Committee Chair Carswell Rush Berlin writes about a center table in Bartow-Pell’s collection and discusses its classical origins, stencil decoration of American furniture in the 1820s and ‘30s, and the table’s recent conservation treatment. … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Center tables, Classical center tables, Classical furniture in New York, Classical style, Classical taste, Conservation of gilt decoration, Duncan Phyfe, Florence Van Rensselaer, Furniture conservation, Gilt stenciling, New York center tables, Stenciling on American 19th-century furniture | 2 Comments

Fit for a Lord of the Manor: A Tester Bedstead Attributed to Duncan Phyfe

Posted on September 28, 2019 by mansionmusings

On November 29, 1955, Justine Bayard Erving—an unmarried descendent of the Van Rensselaer lords of the manor—died in a New York nursing home at the age of 73. The following year, a classical tester bedstead—later attributed to the influential cabinetmaker … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Bed curtains, Bed hangings, Charles-Honoré Lannuier, Classical furniture in New York, Classical style, Classical taste, Cornelia Paterson Van Rensselaer, Duncan Phyfe, Duncan Phyfe tester bedstead, Florence Van Rensselaer, French beds, High-post beds, International Garden Club, Isaac Bell, Justine Bayard Erving, Lannuier and Phyfe, Lannuier French bedstead, Phyfe bedstead, Stephen Van Rensselaer III, Tester beds, Thomas Hope, Thomas Sheraton, Van Rensselaer family, Van Rensselaer manor house, Van Rensselaer patroons | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Florence Van Rensselaer

Beneath the Grime: A Dazzling Center Table Revealed

Fit for a Lord of the Manor: A Tester Bedstead Attributed to Duncan Phyfe

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