The West Bedchamber
This bedchamber displays a reproduction of an English, resist-dyed fabric which many New Yorkers furnished their homes. Though many visitors feel the pattern depicts pineapples, it does, in fact depict an-allover pattern of artichokes and foliage. The taste for upholstering rooms "en suite" with furniture and curtains in a single fabric was very popular in the 18th century. Such an elaborate display of imported textiles was possible only in the home a wealthy family.
The mahogany kneehole dressing table, c. 1770, beneath the mirror descended in the Van Cortlandt Family.
A Queen Anne figured cherry wood tray-top tea table, Massachusetts, circa 1740 is set with a part tea service of Worcester porcelain, circa 1770, consisting of a teapot and stand, sugar and waste bowls, as well as two tea bowls and saucers.