McCann House - Table of Contents
Living and Dining
rooms -
Chloe A. McCann House
20
Norwood Avenue, Buffalo,
New York
Living room
Romeo light fixture ... Case glass: glass composed of two or more layers of glass in different colors, often having the top layer cut or ground away so that the lower layer can serve as background or contrast ... Two details below:
Romeo light fixture detail #1 - Medallion: Fluted border design ... Vitruvian wave ... Scrolling acanthus leaves
Romeo light fixture detail #2 - Brass laurel leaves ... Acanthus leaves on case glass
1920s Kittinger Colonial Revival/Jacobean Revival style table ... Two details below:
Kittinger detail #1 - Gougework under table top ... Bead-and-reel molding at bottom of frieze ... Drop in the middle of aprons ... Vase-shaped turned legs
Kittinger detail #2 - Turned legs ... Stylized paw feet
1888 tall pier glass (mirror) and pier/console table ... Three details below:
Tall pier glass detail #1
Tall pier glass detail #2
Detail #3 - Pier/console table
Chippendale style armchair ... Detail below:
Acanthus leaf on knee of chair ... Lion's paw foot
1920s Colonial Revival/Jacobean Revival style armchair ... Three details below:
Armchair detail #1 - Paired acanthus leaves on crest ... Ears ... C scrolls in paneled back ... Cartouche in center of wooden splat
Armchair detail #2 - Paired acanthus leaves on crest ... Ears ... C scrolls in paneled back
Armchair detail #3 - Cartouche flanked by acanthus leaves in center of apron ... Twisted legs
Kittinger tilt top table ... Three details below:
Tilt top table detail #1 - Medallion and cane
Tilt top table detail #2 - Turned triple legs ... Finial on base ... Tripod base
Tilt top table detail #3 - Acanthus leaf border ... Cane top
Dining room
View from the living room ... Note upper left spandrel which is detailed below:
Spandrel features carved grapes
Note coffered ceiling, armchair towards left, mirror over fireplace, fireplace, and cupboard - all detailed below:
Coffered ceiling
Wallpaper: Edith Wharton Federal style pattern, manufactured by Schumacher (website in Feb. 2018) ... Victorian glazed bricks in fireplace surround
Adam mirror c. 1875 ... Rosettes in four corners ... Acanthus leaf motif
Fireplace: Dentil molding ... Egg-and-dart molding
Wainscoting ... Paneled pilaster with acanthus leaf capital ... Glazed brick in fireplace surround
Dentils below mantel ... Egg-and-dart molding ... Acanthus leaf on column capital ... Bead-and-reel molding at left on wainscotings
Brass fender
Wallpaper: Edith Wharton Federal style pattern, manufactured by Schumacher (website in Feb. 2018) ... Tudor Revival oak door from Langdon Albright's demolished house (detailed below:)
Oak door detail
Paneled wainscoting
Phoenix Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan (website history in Feb. 2018) 1920s Colonial Revival/Jacobean Revival style cupboard ... This is part of the dining room table and chairs matching set ... Two details below:
Cupboard detail #1 - Strapwork on panel at left ... Drop finial ... Circular mount with teardrop(?) pull
Cupboard detail #2 - Carved lozenze
Phoenix Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan (website history in Feb. 2018) Colonial Revival/Jacobean Revival style armchair that is part of the dining room set that includes the cupboard illustrated directly above ... Two armchair details below:
C scrolls motif ... Acorn finial / ears ... Upholstered splat ... Turned stiles
Carved front stretcher ... H-stretcher