Shelves C & D: Special Exhibition on Metamorphic Furniture
Displayed here are examples of American nineteenth-century metamorphic, or convertible, furniture. Furniture that changes form and offers multiple functions can trace its roots to the eighteenth century. There are rare American colonial examples (such as a table that becomes a chair when the top is rotated), and ingenious cabinetmakers of pre-Revolutionary France created sophisticated pieces with hidden drawers and multiple uses to amuse an elite audience. Convertible furniture is largely a nineteenth-century development, however, that met the needs of middle-class city dwellers with limited living space. While this nineteenth-century furniture was practical, it also embodied ideas of newness and invention that both amused and intrigued early modern consumers.
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Visible Storage: Case 3, Shelf A (Special Exhibition)
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2002.107.4
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Charles Eames
Rocker
ca. 1950
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Visible Storage: Case 3, Shelf B (Special Exhibition)
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75.108
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Clement Uhl
"Perfection" Chair, model 151
1903
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1991.92a-b
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Tom Loeser
Folding Chair
1982
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1992.242
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Douglas G. Fitch
Armchair
1986
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1994.110
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Harold L. Cohen
Chair
ca. 1950
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1996.142.46
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George Nakashima
Stool, "Mira"
ca. 1965
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1996.142.58
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Charles Eames
Armchair
ca. 1950
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Visible Storage: Case 3, Shelf C (Special Exhibition)
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12.900.3
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Andrew Stevenson
Roast Dish (New York from Heights Brooklyn)
ca. 1825
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40.253
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American
Flask (New York World's Fair)
1939
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54.72
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Cornelius Vanderburgh
Tankard
ca. 1690
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68.87.20a-b
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Union Porcelain Works
Vegetable Dish and Cover
ca. 1879
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85.77
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Gilbert Rohde
Beverage Cart
ca. 1933
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86.181.1
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Gorham Manufacturing Company
Candlestick, One of Pair
ca. 1897
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86.181.2
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Gorham Manufacturing Company
Candlestick, One of Pair
ca. 1897
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87.120.1a-b
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Dorothy Hafner
Teapot and Lid from Three Piece Tea Service, Kyoto Homage Pattern
Designed 1980; Manufactured 1987
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87.120.2a-b
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Dorothy Hafner
Sugar Bowl and Lid from Three Piece Tea Service, Kyoto Homage Pattern
Designed 1980; Manufactured in 1987
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87.120.3
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Dorothy Hafner
Creamer from Three Piece Tea Service, Kyoto Homage Pattern
1987
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88.22.1a-b
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Tiffany & Company
Salt or Pepper Shaker, One of Pair
ca. 1907
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88.155.2
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Enid Seeney
Dinner Plate, "Homemaker Pattern"
ca. 1955
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88.159.1
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1847 Rogers Brothers
Knife from Three-Piece Carving Set
ca. 1886
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88.159.2
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1847 Rogers Brothers
Fork from Three-piece Carving Set
ca. 1886
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88.159.3
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1847 Rogers Brothers
Sharpener from Three-piece Carving Set
ca. 1886
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1990.37.1
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Roy Lichtenstein
Dinner Plate
1966
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1990.191
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Charles Eames
"DCM" Side Chair
1946-1949
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1991.93.1
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Izabel Lam
Knife from a 5 Piece Place Setting, Sphere Pattern
ca. 1990
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1991.93.2
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Izabel Lam
Dinner Fork from a 5 Piece Place Setting, Sphere Pattern
ca. 1990
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1991.93.3
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Izabel Lam
Salad Fork from a 5 Piece Place Setting, Sphere Pattern
ca. 1990
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1991.93.4
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Izabel Lam
Soup Spoon from a 5 Piece Place Setting, Sphere Pattern
ca. 1990
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1991.93.5
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Izabel Lam
Teaspoon from a 5 Piece Place Setting, Sphere Pattern
ca. 1990
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1991.101.1
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Charles T. Grosjean
Napkin Clip, 1 of 2
1878-1879
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1991.101.2
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Charles T. Grosjean
Napkin Clip, 1 of 2
1878-1879
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1991.255.1a-b
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Vladimir Kagan
Tri-symmetric Sculptured Table
ca. 1953
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1994.165.2a-c
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Russel Wright
Cocktail Shaker
1928-1940
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1995.16.15
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Boris Bally
Knife, Tablewear Series
Designed and made 1987
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1995.16.16
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Boris Bally
Fork, Tablewear Series
Designed and made 1987
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1995.16.17
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Boris Bally
Spoon, Tablewear Series
Designed and made 1987
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1995.16.18
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Boris Bally
Spoon, Tablewear Series
Designed and made 1987
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88.22.2a-b
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Tiffany & Company
Salt or Pepper Shaker, One of Pair
ca. 1907
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2004.13.4a-e
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Earl Silas Tupper
Tupperware Salt and Pepper Shakers with Stand
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2008.58.5
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Walter Dorwin Teague
Glass, "Embassy Pattern", Model No. 4900
patented January 23, 1940
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2008.58.6
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Walter Dorwin Teague
Glass, "Embassy Pattern", Model No. 4900
patented January 23, 1940
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2008.58.7
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Walter Dorwin Teague
Glass, "Embassy Pattern", Model No. 4900
patented January 23, 1940
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2008.58.10
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Walter Dorwin Teague
Glass, "Embassy Pattern", Model No. 4900
patented January 23, 1940
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2008.58.12
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Walter Dorwin Teague
Glass, "Embassy Pattern", Model No. 4900
patented January 23, 1940
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2009.30
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Uhuru Design
Standard Side Chair
designed and made 2009
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2010.13.1
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Ann Agee
Figure
2002
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2010.13.2
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Ann Agee
Figure
1998/2002
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2024.6.7
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Nathalie du Pasquier
Napkin Ring
1990s
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2024.6.8
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Nathalie du Pasquier
Napkin Ring
1990s
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2024.6.9
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Nathalie du Pasquier
Napkin Ring
1990s
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2024.6.10
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Nathalie du Pasquier
Napkin Ring
1990s
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2024.6.11
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Nathalie du Pasquier
Napkin Ring
1990s
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