Name/Title
Bench, WindowContext
This week we look at the Empire Revival mahogany window bench that sits by the northeast window in the Front Parlor of the Neill-Cochran House Museum.
Made in America, ca. 1890, the bench features swept arms carved with a cornucopia of fruit. The skirt rail and bolsters are gadrooned (spiral carved), and the intricately detailed legs are outswept with carved paw feet.
This window bench was gifted to the NCHM by Robert Maxey and bears a plaque with the inscription, “From the Home of T.S. Maxey.” Thomas Sheldon Maxey (1846-1921), Robert’s father, was a veteran of the Confederate States Army and a United States District Judge of the Western District of Texas, appointed by President Grover Cleveland. A Democrat and a Mason, Judge Maxey presided over a number of notable cases including the embezzlement trial of Sydney Porter (O. Henry) in Austin, Texas.
You can see all the storied artifacts on display at the NCHM, Wed-Sun, 11-4pm.
American, ca. 1890. Empire Revival mahogany window bench with swept arms varved with a cornucopia of fruit. Features bolsterers and a gadrooned (spiral carving) skirt rail and out swept legs with paw feet.
Gift of Mrs. Robert MaxeyAcquisition
Accession
1968.10Source or Donor
Mr. Robert MaxeyAcquisition Method
Gift