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Lincoln Home
Historic Furnishings Report |
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THE PLAN
SECTION E: RECOMMENDED FURNISHINGS (continued)
HALLWAY: SECOND FLOOR: ROOM L
See p. 334, for Summary of Furnishings and Cost Estimates.
| HALLWAY: SECOND FLOOR: ROOM L | |
| Object: | L.1 — Chair |
| Date: | ca. 1860 |
| Brief Description: | Reproduction plank bottom, bamboo turned legs, painted. |
| Location: | South wall, alcove area. |
| Documentation: | Reproduction chair for NPS interpreter use. |
| Source: | To be acquired (reproduction). |
| Object: | L.2 — Mirror |
| Date: | ca. 1855-1860 |
| Brief Description: | Tall mirror, either Rococo revival, or Gothic style with bracket shelf at base. |
| Location: | North wall, alcove area. |
| Documentation: | Period practice. |
| Source: | To be acquired (antique). |
| Object: | L.3 — Stand |
| Date: | ca. 1850-1860 |
| Brief Description: | Pedestal stand with round top (approximately one-foot diameter). |
| Location: | Southwest corner. |
| Documentation: | See p. 89 for original evidence of stands owned by the Lincolns. A flower stand also appears in the Leslie's illustration of the sitting room. |
| Source: | To be acquired (antique). |
| Object: | L.4 — Hail Chair. |
| Date: | ca. 1850-1860 |
| Brief Description: | One Gothic side chair. |
| Location: | In front of window. |
| Documentation: | One Gothic hall chair with a history of Lincoln ownership descended in the Bateman family and it is possible the Lincolns owned others (see p. 63). Period practice for hallway furnishings. |
| Source: | To be acquired (antique). |
| Object: | L.5 — Prints (2) |
| Date: | ca. 1850-1860 |
| Brief Description: | Subject matter should be romantic or religious (suitable for a Presbyterian). |
| Location: | North and south walls, west of door to guest room. |
| Documentation: | Period practice. |
| Source: | To be acquired (antique). |
| Object: | L.6 — Vase |
| Date: | ca. 1850-1860 |
| Brief Description: | French or English porcelain (with flowers, artificial or real). |
| Location: | Mirror shelf. |
| Documentation: | Period practice. |
| Source: | To be acquired (antique). |
| Object: | L.7 — Plant |
| Date: | Type in vogue, ca. 1850-1860 |
| Brief Description: | Ivy in a terra cotta pot. |
| Location: | Stand. |
| Documentation: | Period practice. |
| Source: | To be acquired (modern). |
| HALLWAY: SECOND FLOOR: ROOM L | |
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