3 Chapin Pkwy

3 Chapin Parkway - Table of Contents ................ Furniture Dictionary

Samuel Risman House
3 Chapin Parkway , Buffalo, NY

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Vestibule
Entry hall
Living Room
Sun porch

Vestibule

Federal girandole mirror ... Round convex gilded hall mirror with eagle and bellflowers on crest, with acanthus leaves on apron, and dual candle holders ... Two details below:

Detail #1: Federal girandole mirror ... Gilded eagle and bellflowers on crest

Detail #2: Federal girandole mirror ... Gilded acanthus leaves on apron

Queen Anne style tiger maple lowboy ... Three details below:

Detail #1: Queen Anne style tiger maple lowboy ... Willow mount escutcheon ... Willow mounts with bail handles pulls
... Acorn drop finial on skirt

Detail #2: Queen Anne style tiger maple lowboy ... Cabriole legs ending in unusual feet

Detail #3: Queen Anne style tiger maple lowboy ... Slipper foot

Entry hall

Note clock and Queen Anne highboy, both detailed below:

Colonial Revival balustrade, stair-ends, paneled staircase wall

Federal style clock ... two details below:

Detail #1: Federal style clock

Detail #2: Federal style clock

Queen Anne style highboy ... Four details below:

Detail #1: Queen Anne style highboy: Bonnet top pediment ... Flaming urn screw-on finial ... Willow mounts with bail handle ... Sunburst carving on middle drawer

Detail #2: Queen Anne style highboy: Willow mounts with bail handle ... Sunburst carving on middle drawer ... Willow escutcheons in center

Detail #3: Queen Anne style highboy: Fan carving ... Acorn drop finials

Detail #4: Queen Anne style highboy: Cabriole legs with pad foot

Entry hall

Entry hall ... Corner chair and "grandfather" long case clock detailed below:

Chippendale corner chair: Intricately carved pierced splats ... Cabriole legs with carved acanthus leaves on knees ... Claw-and-ball feet ... Turned stretchers ... Four details below:

Detail #1: Chippendale corner chair:
Flat top rail curving toward rounded handholds, with molding over center of rail serving as backrest ... Top rail supported by 3 baluster-turned stiles

Detail #2: Chippendale corner chair:
Flat top curving rail , with molding over center of rail serving as backrest ... Intricately carved pierced splats ... Baluster-turned stile

Detail #3: Chippendale corner chair:
Flat top rail curving toward rounded handholds, with molding over center of rail serving as backrest

Detail #4: Chippendale corner chair:
Cabriole legs with carved acanthus leaves on knees ... Claw-and-ball feet ... Turned stretchers

Living Room

Three details below:
Colonial Revival style fireplace ... Three details below:

Detail #1: Colonial Revival style fireplace: Oval patera ... Intricate gougework including rods nestled within hollow flutes ... Pilaster with leaf capital and paneled shaft ... Marble surround

Detail #2: Colonial Revival style fireplace: Oval patera ... Intricate gougework including rods nestled within hollow flutes

Detail #3: Colonial Revival style fireplace: Cast iron andiron: Colonial soldier(?)

Tall hoop-back Windsor chair with back divided horizontally into two sections by center rail that also forms arms with rounded handholds resting on short spindles and vase-turned support ... ... 9 straight central spindles mortised into top rail and divided by center rail ... Vase-turned legs reinforced by three stretchers