Under one of the armrests is written in pencil:”Made by Warren L. Adams, Troy, NY, b 1803 d 1858 c 1856.” This sofa was purchased at auction of household items from Lansingburgh, NY. This pencil inscription is obviously not written by the maker, but likely by a descendent, perhaps his daughter. It was clearly written by someone familiar with Warren Adams personal history. This may well be the only product known to be associated with Adams production.

This sofa was likely made in the 1850s, a time when Troy was at its height of commercial and industrial power. This sofa would be a well suited furnishing for one of the large scale mid 19th century townhouses so prominent in Troy.

Henry James Albright (1887–1951) was an American painter, sculptor, and potter active in Albany, New York.

Albright studied with L. Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson. He was a friend of Gustav Stickley, and a member of the Albany Artist Group and the New Haven Paint and Clay Club. His ceramics appeared in the Georg Jensen catalog as Samara Ware.

This chair was made by Daniel Clay of Greenfield Mass for Elijah Alvord Esq. and has been passed down to Alvord's descendants.  Clay and Alvord were related by marriage. Chair currently on display at Historic Deerfield.

David Coutant worked c 1780-1800 in New Rochelle and except between 1786-94 ihe worked in Manhattan, NY.

J. R. Hunt (1781-1871) worked in Eaton (now Madison) New Hampshire

Walter MacBride worked in Manhattan from 1792-1979.

This chair has a paper label pasted to bottom of seat but this label was painted over.  The painter attached a typed note stating the label identified MacBride as the maker.

Not labeled but now a well known product of Nutting.  Some examples of this Nutting model were mistaken for 18th century chairs and exhibited as such.

William Moore Jr. (1764-1833) started making fancy chairs in 1818 in what later became Hitchcocksville, CT.  For a period he was associated with Lambert Hitchcock but later moved to Saugerties, NY.

John Penoyar (1775-1841) lived and worked in Kinderhook, NY.

This style of banister back chair were made in (or around) Little Compton Rhode Island.

James Chapman Tuttle (1772-1849) was a cabinet maker and turner in Salem Mass from 1795-1815.

E. W. Vaill was in business in Worcester Mass in the 1860s through 1870s

Union Chair Company operated between 1849 - 1882

Several Wilder cabinet makers worked in New Hampshire in the late 18th and early 19th century.

These locks relate to earlier all iron locks made in the 18th century.

The manufacturer may an predecessor of the firm “Day Newell & Day Manufacturers Of Locks Bolts & Hinges 589 Broad Way. Brass Copper & Iron Tubing Brass & Composition Castings New-York”

This is approximately 24 inches by 24 inches by 36 inches high

This is a key lock safe with a "hidden" day lock (one of the hobes releases lock).

Found behind one of the the drawers was a promissory note for $20.50 from H. N. Gilrich (?) to Tobey & Reynolds dated 1847.  Safe came from commercial building across the street from the Kinderhook Bank in Kinderhook N. Y.  Tobey & Reynolds (William and John) was a prominent law firm in Kinderhook.  William Tobey founded Kinderhook Bank in 1853 and was its first President.

The style and special attention to construction details suggests this desk was made by someone in the Goddard/Townsend school of cabinet makers.

Interesting blacksmith made door latch.  It is of an early style but made in the last half of the 19th century when many factory made door latches were available.  Was it made to reproduce an 18th century style or a natural product of a working blacksmith? 

On left is a Gleason magic caster labeled "patent applied for".  On the right is a Gleason wine caster (?) with space for wine bottles and small glasses.  This is labeled "Patented 00 T 21 1856".

These tripod tables made of dense mahogany were previously attributed to the shop of John Goddard

James Palmer and Henry Wells Clapp operated a jewelry business at 145 Reed Street in NYC from 1823-1835 when Henry Wells Clapp "retired" to Greenfield MA, immediately being one of Greenfield's wealthiest residents.

Several pages from this unique resource are reproduced in Matha Gandy Fales book Jewelry in America 1600-1900

A similar pot, now in the Albany Institute of History and Art, came up with dredging material from the Hudson River near Albany.  Some suggest that pot was one of the earliest ceramics made by Europeans in North America.  It is also possible this is a European pot.  Does anyone know?

This sideboard descended in the family of Dr. William Henry Bowen (b 1841)  and his wife Phebe Smith Aldrich Bowen (b 1840) who resided in Scituate R.I.  WHB's father was Lyman Bowen (b 1815) and LB's father was David Bowen (B 1780).  All resided in Scituate.  The sideboard passed to WHB's daughter Cora Aldrich Bowen Sherman (b 1868), then to her daughter, Caroline Clapp Sherman Lanford, then to her son the present owner.