Historical Furniture Illustrations

Artistic representations of furniture pieces, including tables and chairs, from different eras, focusing on design details and craftsmanship.

Frederick Jackson, Table, c 1937 Table
Frederick Jackson, Table, c 1937 Table
Frederick Jackson, Table, c 1937 TableSmall ash wood table - front and side view in the scale of 1:5, from the collection of Piotr Maszyński in the year 1916. Kotarbiński, Mieczysław (1890-1943), draughtsman, cartoonistTherkel Anderson, Early Dayton Chair, c 1937 Early Dayton ChairFerdinand Cartier, Cabinet, 1935 1942 CabinetJulie C Brush, Ladderback Chair, c 1937 Ladderback ChairHans Westendorff and Frank Wenger, Chair, 1935 1942 ChairLawrence Flynn, Hitchcock Chair, 1936 Hitchcock ChairBanister-back Armchair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.5 x 23.1 cm (11 5/8 x 9 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: M. Rosenshield-von-Paulin.Hitchcock Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 43.5 x 40 cm (17 1/8 x 15 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Cushman Parker.Pembroke Table (Drop Leaf). Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.5 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 28 1/4"high; 32 1/2"long; 22"diam., folded. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bernard Gussow.Harry Eisman, Roundabout Chair, c 1940 Roundabout ChairFrederick Jackson, Table, c 1953 TableChild's (living room) Chair. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 23 cm (11 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 26 1/2"high; 13 3/4"wide. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francis Law Durand.M Rosenshield von Paulin, Chest of Drawers, c 1938 Chest of DrawersDrawing, Design for Writing Table with Turned Legs and Six-Cubbyhole Nest Atop; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 25.1 x 21.3 cm (9 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. )Pa. German Table. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 38.1 cm (11 x 15 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frances Lichten.M Rosenshield von Paulin, Gate leg Table, c 1936 Gate-leg TableTables with shattered leaves; Small furniture. Design and five side views of tables with a shattered leaf.David Dorfman, Kas, c 1939 KasM Rosenshield von Paulin, Card Table, 1940 Card TableBernard Krieger, Table (Pedestal), c 1937 Table (Pedestal)Secretary with floral motifs; Sécretaire à la Chanceliére; Secretaries and commodes; 9th Cahier. An ornamented secretary with floral motifs. Print number 50.Edna C Rex, Table, c 1937 TableGeorge Fairbanks, China Cupboard, 1935 1942 China CupboardStove. Dated: 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.9 x 40.7 cm (14 1/8 x 16 in.) Original IAD Object: 16" high; 26" wide. Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Albert Geuppert.Ray Holden, Windsor Chair, 1937 Windsor ChairLeonard Battee, Chest of Drawers, c 1939 Chest of DrawersMax Fernekes, Baby High Chair, 1938 Baby High ChairDrawing, Design for Rectangular Writing Table with Carved Shell Decoration on Backboard; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 17.8 x 25.1 cm (7 x 9 7/8 in. )Bernard Gussow, Desk, 1935 1942 DeskTherkel Anderson, Hitchcock Armchair, c 1937 Hitchcock ArmchairChair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 in.). Medium: pen and ink and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edith Magnette.Day Bed. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 23.2 x 30.5 cm (9 1/8 x 12 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nicholas Gorid.Ladder Back Chair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 24.1 cm (12 1/16 x 9 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Florence Grant Brown.B Holst Grubbe, Chair, 1935 1942 ChairSerry paper with lion head; Conservatory paper; Secretaries and cupboards; 18th Cahier. An ornamented cupboard with counters to store paper, with lion's head. Print number 106.Design for a Mirrored Sideboard with Pointed Legs and Foliate Ornament early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for a Mirrored Sideboard with Pointed Legs and Foliate Ornament 386898Table Pedestal. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 30.6 x 22.9 cm (12 1/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 27 1/2"high; 46"long. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nicholas Gorid.Design for Cherry Wood Table, A.N. Davenport Co., Graphite on thin, cream paper, Rectangular molded top with dividing stretcher running across center, raised on 6 5 shown fluted and carved tapering legs on cup casters., September 24, 1903, furniture, Drawing, DrawingDesign for Side Table Charles Hindley and Sons British 1841-84Overview of three wooden seats, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph On the left a rosewood chair with lions, in the middle of a rosewood chair with armrests, on the right a beech wood chair with floral pattern. Netherlands cardboard. photographic support  chair. flowers ~ ornament. beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion NetherlandsFour chairs and two stools; Several Schreinwercke as portals. A folding chair is shown at the top left. At the bottom right is a high chair. Copy of part of a passe Crispijn leaf (RP-P-1964-3315)Chest of Drawers. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 50.9 x 43.1 cm (20 1/16 x 16 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 40"high; 38"long. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Leonard Battee.Side Chair. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 22.5 cm (11 1/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 41 1/4"high, 21 3/4"wide, 17 1/4" deep.. Medium: watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bernard Krieger.Bombe Front Chest of Drawers. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 34.6 x 43.4 cm (13 5/8 x 17 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 36 1/4"high; 36 3/4"wide; 21"deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alfred H. Smith.Press (presumably) in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph  Rijksmuseum Amsterdam photographic support  tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: pressRaymond Neumann, Rocking Chair, 1939 Rocking ChairAdele Brooks, Ottoman, c 1938 OttomanHigh Back Side Chair. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.1 x 22.8 cm (11 7/8 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 47 5/8"high; seat 18 7/8"wide, front; Seat 18 3/4"high.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Louis Annino.Infant's High Chair. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 48.7 x 36 cm (19 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 35"high; Seat 21"high; 15 1/2" wide at seat. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Isidore Sovensky.Three -legged table designed by Mathieu Lauweriks, Anonymous, c. 1910 photograph   cardboard. photographic support  table (+ wood and other phytogenic material)Fauteuil, STACH a Tabouret, Midart, 1839 - 1885 print An armchair, chair and tabouret in the Louis XIII style. Print from 254th Livraison.  paper  seating furnitureDesk with lion's head; Desk à la Françoise; Desks; 11th Cahier. An ornamented desk with leaf motifs and a lion's head. Print number 63.Drawing, Design for Sideboard of Mahogany; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 18.7 x 27.6 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. )Majel G Claflin, Small Table, c 1937 Small TableEdward Jewett, Mission Bench, c 1936 Mission BenchDesign for a cheek table, anonymous, c. 1825 - c. 1839 drawing Design for a table with cheeks in rosewood with inserting with two drawers and on rollers. The leaf on the back numbered: 42, the opposite sheet with information about the furniture depicted: 42 bis. Part of an album with 80 sheets with drawings and a print of veneered and lacquered furniture, as well as seating furniture. Paris (possibly) paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush table (+ wood and other phytogenic material)Child's Chair. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.8 cm (11 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Randolph Atkinson.Henry Meyers, Writing Table and Desk, c 1936 Writing Table and Desktest111Pa. German Table. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 27.3 x 38 cm (10 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frances Lichten.Table; Neue Romanic Zierathe N. Table on four s-shaped legs of acanthus leaves and masks.Florence Neal, Card Table, 1936 Card TableDesk with floral motifs; Desk à l'Angloise; Desks; 11th Cahier. An ornamented desk with leaf and floral motifs. Print number 64.Secretary. Dated: 1937. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.8 cm (11 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 77" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Irving I. Smith.Design for Writing Table with Turned Legs and Six-Cubbyhole Nest Atop, A.N. Davenport Co., Graphite on thin cream paper, 1900-05, furniture, Drawing, DrawingChair. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 22.8 cm (11 1/2 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: American 20th Century.Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II 1753 Thomas Chippendale British Preparatory drawing for Thomas Chippendale's 'Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director'. Published in reverse as plate LV in the 1754 and 1755 editions, renumbered as plate LXXXI in the 1762 edition.. Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II. Thomas Chippendale (British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718-1779 London). 1753. Black ink, gray washSmall pillow for handiwork (small pulpit) of burled wood, from the collection of Władysław Sztolcman. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), draughtsman, cartoonistConsole Table. Dated: c. 1953. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 29.2 cm (9 x 11 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 36 3/4" high; 42" wide; 19" in diameter. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ferdinand Cartier.Thomas Byrne, Wrought Iron Railing, c 1936 Wrought Iron RailingCharles Garjian, Side Chair, c 1936 Side ChairMax Fernekes, Doll's Bed, c 1937 Doll's BedCourt Cupboard. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.9 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 53 3/8"high; 49 3/4"wide; 20 3/4"deep. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and some heightening on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Louis Annino.Hans Westendorff, Table, 1936 TableArmchair and two chairs, Quéton, 1885 - 1895 print Armchair and two seats. Print from 284th Livraison.  paper  seating furnitureTable. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 24.9 x 30.3 cm (9 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite, and heightening on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jack Bochner.Chair. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 34.7 x 24.4 cm (13 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: none given. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank Eiseman.Holger Hansen and Rolland Livingstone, Tilt top Table, 1935 1942 Tilt-top TableDrawing, Design for Round Reception Room Table; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.Designs for Four Upholstered Chairs 1841-84 Charles Hindley and Sons British. Designs for Four Upholstered Chairs 367428Drawing, Design for Serving Table with "S"-shaped Drawer Pulls; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 17.8 x 22.5 cm (7 x 8 7/8 in. )Drawing, Design for a Rectangular Dining Table on Ball-Shaped Feet; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 21.3 x 27.6 cm (8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. )Amos C Brinton, Moravian Church Bench, 1935 1942 Moravian Church BenchArmchair from the 17th century from the collections of Władysław Sztolcan from Warsaw in 1915 - views from the side, in advance with the cross -section and at the front on a scale of 1: 5; Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950); 1915 (not after February 11, 1915) (1915-00-00-1915-00-00);Design for a chair. .Drawing, Design for Small Round Table Scrolling Sabot Feet; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.Paris, Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Boucher, Juste Nathan François, Dupin, Nicolas, Tafels en chiffonieres, 17e Cahier, Petite Table, Vuide-Poche, Tafel en vide poche, verso - stamped, On the left an ornamented round table with garlands, on the right an ornamented vide poche with three drawers. Print number 100., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, height 201 mm, width 326 mm, French, 1753, print maker, printmaker, 1772 - 1779, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1736 - 1782-01, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherHoward Weld, Dining Room Table, c 1936 Dining Room TableDesign for a Bookcabinet and Two Pedestals early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for a Bookcabinet and Two Pedestals 386923Annie B Johnston, Handmade Chair, c 1938 Handmade ChairParis, Le Père & Pierre-Michel Avaulez, Charles, Boucher, Juste Nathan François, Dupin, Nicolas, 18e Cahier, Secretaires en kasten, Serre Papier, verso - stamped, An ornamented cabinet with counters for storing paper. Print number 105., print, ornamental print, prints, ornament prints, height 200 mm, width 330 mm, French, 1753, print maker, 1772 - 1779, paper, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1736 - 1782-01, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisherAmerican 20th Century, Bookcase, 1935 1942 BookcaseDrawing, Design for Glass-Top Display Case; Designed by A.N. Davenport Co.; graphite on thin cream paper; 21.0 x 27.6 cm (8 1/4 x 10 7/8 in. )Roundabout Chair. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.5 cm (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 31"high at back, 17"high seat. Seat: 22 1/2" square.. Medium: gouache and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Harold Smith.Design for Serving Table with Convex Front, A.N. Davenport Co., Pen and black ink on thin cream paper, Oblong top with convex front having 2 drawers and raised on 4 straight tapering legs; 2 conforming shelves attach below; low backsplash with horizontal patera medallion center., 1900-05, furniture, Drawing, DrawingEdith Towner, Table, Drop leaf, 1940 Table, Drop-leafBookcase and chest of drawers, Anonymous, After Victor Joseph Quétin, 1832 - 1877 print A bookcase and chest of drawers in the Louis XVI style. Print from 21st Livraison.  paper  furniture for storage. bookcase, with doorsPa. German Rocking Chair. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 41 1/4" high; 23 1/2" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Edmond W. Brown.Mahogany dresser of Warsaw's work from the 18th century from the collections of the countess Julia Władysławowa Branicka in 1920 - views from the side and at the front on a scale of 1: 5; Rozbicka, Mieczysław (1891-1925); 1920 (not after 14.10.1920) (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);