Index Classification: Material and Technique

Architecture in Wood

Wood, Architectural Elements

Works of Art (35)

	Architectural Ensemble from a Jain Meeting Hall, last quarter of 16th century, India, Gujarat, Patan, Teak with traces of color (16.133,1,2)
	Architectural Ornament, late 19th–early 20th century, Toba Batak people, Sumatra, Indonesia, Wood, paint (1988.143.68)
	Bedroom from Sagredo Palace, Venice, 18th century (ca. 1718), Stuccowork probably by Abbondio Stazio of Massagno (1675–1745) and Carpoforo Mazzetti (ca. 1684–1748); ceiling painting probably by Gasparo Diziani of Belluno (1689–1767), Italian (Venice), Wood, stucco, marble, glass (06.1335.1a-d)
	Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, ca. 1775–78, and later, French (Paris); Made in Paris, France, Oak and plaster, painted and gilded; bronze-gilt, mirror glass, oak flooring, etc.; (1972.276.1)wo
	Carved door panel, Timurid period (1370–1507), late 15th century, Present-day Uzbekistan, Samarqand, Cypress, carved, traces of paint (23.67.7)
	Caryatid Veranda Post, 20th century, Olowe of Ise (Yoruba), Yoruba peoples; Nigeria, Wood, pigment (1996.558)
	Chandelier, 1907–9, Charles Sumner Greene (American) and Henry Mather Greene (American); Made by Emil Lange, Pasadena, California, Mahogany, ebony, and leaded glass (1986.445)
	Dining room from Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire, 1742–48, Designed by John Sanderson (English), Wood, plaster, and marble (32.53.1)
	Dining room from Lansdowne House, London, 18th century, Robert Adam (English), Wood, plaster, and stone (32.12)
	*Doorboard (Jovo* or Tale)**, late 19th–early 20th century, Kanak peoples, northern Grande Terre Island, New Caledonia, Wood, paint (1979.206.1758)
	"Dutch" door, 1772, American, Gumwood, oak (34.79a,b)
	*Gable Figure (Dilukái)*, 19th–early 20th century, Belauan people, Belau (Palau), Caroline Islands, Wood, paint (1978.412.1558a–d)
	*Gable Ornament (P'naret)*, mid-20th century, Big Nambas people, Malakula Island, Vanuatu, Fern wood (1979.206.1584)
	Great Hall of Van Rensselaer Manor House, Albany, New York, 1765–69 (28.143)
	*House Post (Tomok)*, 19th–early 20th century, Yami people, Botel Tobago (Lan Yü) Island, Taiwan, Wood, paint (1995.65.2)
	Housepost, late 19th–early 20th century, Auguena village, Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands, Wood (1986.486)
	Pair of doors, 9th century; ^cAbbasid, Iraq, Carved wood (31.119.1,.2)
	Pair of minbar doors, Mamluk period (1250–1517), ca. 1325–30, Egypt, Cairo, wood (rosewood and mulberry), carved, inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods (91.1.2064)
	Panel with horse heads, Fatimid period, 11th century, Egypt, Wood (teak), carved (11.205.2)
	Panel, 14th century; Marinid, Morocco, Carved and polychromed wood (1985.241)
	Panel, Marquetry, second half of 8th century; ^cAbbasid, Egypt, Fig wood and bone (37.103)
	Panel, probably 13th century, Egypt or Syria, Carved wood with traces of pigments and gilt (30.112.3)
	Paneling and chimneypiece, 17th century (ca. 1600), From a room in a house on the Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, Oak and stone (65.182.1,.2)
	Paneling from Marmion, the Fitzhugh House, ca. 1758; painting ca. 1770-80, King George County, Virginia (16.112)
	*Reception Room (Qa'a)*, Ottoman period, 1119 A.H. / 1707 A.D., Damascus, Syria, Poplar wood with gesso relief, gold and tin leaf, glazes and paint; cypress, poplar, walnut, black mulberry, mother-of pearl, marble and other stones, stucco with glass, plaster, ceramic tiles, iron, brass (1970.170)
	Room from the Hart House, 1680, Ipswich, Massachusetts (36.127)
	Room from the Hewlett House, ca. 1740–60, Woodbury, New York (10.183)
	Room from the Powel House, 1765–66; remodeled 1769–71, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (18.87.1-.4)
	Shoin Room, 17th century, Japan
	Staircase, ca. 1677–80, Attributed to Edmund Pearce (English), From Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, England (destroyed 1922), Pine, ash, oak (32.152)
	Studiolo from the Ducal Palace in Gubbio, ca. 1479–82, Possibly designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian, Sienese); Executed by Giuliano da Maiano (Italian), Made in Gubbio, Italy, Walnut, beech, rosewood, oak, and fruitwoods on walnut base (39.153)
	*Temple strut with a devata* standing on a hermit sage**, 13th century, Nepal, Wood (1988.148.2)
	Wisteria Dining Room, 1910–14, Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (French); made by Édouard-Louis Collet (Swiss), Walnut and amaranth veneer, marble; brass, copper, mirror glass (66.244.1–.2a–e,.9ab,.10ab)
	Woodwork from the Ballroom at Gadsby's Tavern, 1792–93, Alexandria, Virginia (17.116.1-5)
	Woodwork of a Room from the Colden House, 1767, Coldenham, New York (40.127)