Cellarette

Furniture

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Cellarette

Entry/Object ID

F 76.16

Description

Mahogany cellarette, or wine cooler, the hinged top with covered edge opening to a zinc lined interior, the truncated case with chamfered corners and scrolled supports ending in gilded brass casters.

Category

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

F 76.16

Source or Donor

O. Rundle Gilbert

Credit Line

Purchase, 1976

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Duncan Phyfe

Attribution

Possibly

Date made

1815 - 1830

Place

* Untyped Place

Probably New York City

Materials

Material

Mahogany, Pine, Zinc, Brass

Material Notes

Mahogany, pine, zinc lining, brass spigot

Provenance

Notes

Undocumented history of ownership and use in the Callendar House, Tivoli, NY; home of the Johnston-Livingston family, 1810-1820