Object Story: High-back Windsor Armchair with Writing Arm
A popular and well-known style of chair in early American life.
Object Story: Portrait of Hatter John Mays of Schaefferstown
Portrait of the hatter John Mays around 1830.
Object Story: Mary Craig Hamlen's Sampler
A needlework sampler from 1802 by Mary Craig Hamlen, age 9.
Object Story: Landscape with Riding and Walking Figures, a River, and a Village (Overmantel)
Painting made to hang over a mantle depicting various people along a pathway.
Object Story: Lamp
A brass lamp with two burners made for burning oil.
Object Story: Spinning Wheel
A "great wheel" for spinning wool into thread.
Object Story: Log Cabin, Light and Dark Quilt
A Log Cabin pattern quilt made by an unrecorded artist in the late nineteenth century.