Gothic Revival style

C. 1894 Gothic Revival quatrefoil pattern in plaster ceiling

Gothic Revival quatrefoil pattern is also used in the wainscoting frieze

Note palmette design repeated in table skirt

Detail from previous photo.
Note acorn branch and nuts and vertical rope molding

Display table with incised patterns

Broad spiral-twist novelty armchair

Ansley Wilcox's slant-front Chippendale desk desk, probably used by Theodore Roosevelt after he was inaugurated

Ansley Wilcox's slant-front Chippendale desk desk

Ansley Wilcox's slant-front Chippendale desk

• Pigeonholes
• Inlay
• Patera

Brass bat's wing escutcheons

William and Mary caned chair

Detail - William and Mary caned chair

Merklen Brothers-made Moorish fretwork, spiral-twist Victorian novelty armchair.
Special thanks to Paul Tucker who documented this chair.

Spiral-twist Victorian novelty armchair

Spiral-twist Victorian novelty armchair: claw-and-ball feet - brass claw feet holding glass balls

The morning room served as an office and study for Ansley Wilcox. This room was the site for Pres. Roosevelt's first cabinet meeting.

• Portrait of Ansley Wilcox
• Gothic Revival fireplace

Detail from previous photo

• 1929 portrait of Ansley Wilcox by his well-known brother, Urquhart Wilcox
• Gothic Revival fireplace

Gothic Revival fireplace - marble jambs and hearth

• Top: Gothic Revival quatrefoil design in fireplace frieze
• Cast iron andirons

• Gothic Revival quatrefoil design in fireplace frieze
• Vertical panel has quatrefoil and cinquefoil design

Cast iron andirons

Bench - modern upholstery based on early 19th century pattern

Ring turned legs

Sleepy Hollow Armchair

• Carved crest
• Finger molded arms and arm supports
• Cabriole legs and whorl feet
• Carved skirt

Sleepy Hollow Armchair

Detail - chair: top rail (crest) carved with C scrolls

Detail - chair: carved seat rail