Greek Revival Architecture ...........Late Classicism furniture Style.......... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary.........Styles of FURNITURE
Richard and Gloria Manney Greek
Revival Parlor
on display in 2004
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY City
Official Web site
Drapes: The drapery arrangement, with an unusual bullion fringe valance, follows a design published in J. C. Loudon's Encyclopedia (London, 1834), a household manual favored in both England and America.
Rug: An 1827 watercolor pattern found in the archive of an English carpet mill was used in the production of the loop pile, or Brussels weave, rug.
Furniture: Also reflecting the Neoclassical inspiration of the architecture is the suite of furniture -- couches, pier table, stools, window seat and side chairs -- made for prominent lawyer Samuel A. Foote in about 1837 by Duncan Phyfe, the New York leading cabinetmaker. All are on beautifully figured mahogany.
Fireplace: The black marble fireplace is of a type common to New York City interiors of the period. It was found at Halsted, a Greek Revival house built in Rye, New York, in about 1825.
Late Classicism style furniture
