Boies-Lord House

Boies-Lord House - Table of Contents

Siting room
Boies-Lord House
(Boies pronounced BOYS)
5853 South Park Avenue, Hamburg, NY

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Parlor / sitting room	Sitting room	Ingrain carpet
Melodeon	Melodeon	Melodeon	Melodeon

Prince & Company Late Empire style melodeon	Prince & Company Late Empire style melodeon - closed top	Prince & Company Late Empire style melodeon Urn shape within a lyre Piecrust molding	Prince & Company Late Empire style melodeon - piecrust molding
Sofa	Sofa	Sofa	Sofa

Empire / Rococo Revival sofa Scalamandré Co. horsehair (horsehair mixed with cotton) upholstery Mahogany veneer Facing C scrolls and foliage in applied ornamentation on the top rail - a Rococo Revival feature	Empire / Rococo Revival sofa Facing C scrolls and foliage in applied ornamentation on the top rail - a Rococo Revival feature Scalamandré Co. horsehair (horsehair mixed with cotton) upholstery	Empire / Rococo Revival sofa Scalamandré Co. horsehair (horsehair mixed with cotton) upholstery upholstery Mahogany veneer	Scalamandré brand horsehair samples
Chair	Chair	Chair	.Card table

Empire / Rococo Revival side chair Facing C scrolls and foliage in applied ornamentation on the top rail - a Rococo Revival feature Vase-shaped splat Cabriole legs Splayed rear legs Scalamandré Co. horsehair upholstery	Empire / Rococo Revival side chair. Facing C scrolls and foliage in applied ornamentation on the top rail - a Rococo Revival feature	Empire / Rococo Revival side chair Facing C scrolls and foliage in applied ornamentation on the top rail - a Rococo Revival feature Mahogany veneer Vase-shaped splat	Empire style card table
Bookcase	Bookcase	Bookcase	Bookcase

Circa 1860 2-piece bookcase Piecrust molding on cornice Mahogany veneer on front Bracket feet	Circa 1860 2-piece bookcase. Serpentine curves on front drawer and top	Circa 1860 2-piece bookcase Piecrust molding on cornice	Circa 1860 2-piece bookcase Mahogany veneer on front
Chair	Chair	Chair

Windsor comb-back chair - Not all parts original	Windsor comb-back chair	Windsor comb-back chair - the comb
Clock	Clock	Lithograph	Lithograph

Eli Terry Empire style clock Ebonized Stenciled	Eli Terry Empire style clock Ebonized Stenciled	Early 1900s N(athaniel) Currier lithograph with hand painted colors	"Reconciliation,"second in a set of 3 early 1900s N(athaniel) Currier lithographs with hand painted colors

Third in a set of 3 early 1900s N(athaniel) Currier lithographs with hand painted colors	First in a set of 2 early 1900s N(athaniel) Currier lithographs with hand painted colors The second is the next illustration, "Look at Papa."	Second in a set of 2 early 1900s N(athaniel) Currier lithographs with hand painted colors The first is the previous illustration, "Look at Mama."

The original building, built circa 1840, was a one and a half story, three room cottage with two rooms - the parlor and the sitting room - divided by a plank wall on the first floor. A bedroom was over the present parlor. There was no hall at this time Access to the bedroom was via a ladder.

The parlor and sitting room were created to be opened into one large space and originally has the same interior treatment in each room. Originally they had a foldaway partition that was immediately found to be structurally unsound and was altered to a smaller double door opening.

Both these rooms have elegant floor to ceiling 6/6 sash windows. The antique windows in the sitting room are antique originals that remained with the house (one was found in the basement of the house before moving).

Much of the furniture is Empire style (1850-1840), the style used inGreek Revival houses.

Special thanks to Boies-Lord House Director Marcia VanBrocklin for her assistance

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