3 Chapin Parkway - Table of Contents ................ Furniture Dictionary
Samuel Risman House
3 Chapin Parkway ,
Buffalo, NY
On this page, below:
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 ![]() Federal style clock ... Detail below: ![]() Detail: Federal style clock ![]() Note model ship at left (detailed below:) ![]() Model ship ... Three details below: ![]() Detail #1 ![]() Detail #2 ![]() Detail #3 ![]() Student lamp ... Slant top desk ... Willow mount escutcheons and pulls Both detailed below: ![]() Student lamp ![]() Slant top desk ... Willow mount escutcheons and pulls ... Another detail below: ![]() Detail - Slant top desk ... Willow mount with bail handle pull ... Bracket foot ![]() Painting ... Queen Anne highboy ... Both detailed below: ![]() Detail below: ![]() ![]() Queen Anne highboy ... Three details below: ![]() Detail #1: Queen Anne highboy ... Willow mount escutcheons and pulls ![]() Detail #2: Queen Anne highboy ... Fan carving on middle drawer ... Valanced skirt ![]() Detail #3: Queen Anne highboy ... Cabriole legs and pad feet |
Sun porch![]() Note fireplace at left ... Two details below: ![]() Detail #1 - Marble(?) fireplace surround and hearth ... Grate ... Andirons ![]() Detail #2 - Fireplace ... Andirons ![]() Tiger maple slant top desk ... Four details below: ![]() Detail #1 - Tiger maple slant top desk ... Pull-out slide ![]() Detail #2 - Tiger maple slant top desk ... Pull-out slide ![]() Detail #3 - Tiger maple slant top desk ... Pull-out slide ... Willow mounts with bail handle ![]() Detail #4 - Tiger maple slant top desk ... Bracket foot |