Museum Collections

Furniture Collection

Rococo Revival rosewood armchair,
c. 1855
Workshop of Elijah Galusha

This exuberant example of Galusha's cabinetmaking expertise was part of a suite of furniture for the parlor. Note the detailed carving at the crest (detail slide). Galusha kept on making furniture using solid wood construction, although his competitors were using technological innovations like laminated wood. Galusha's furniture was very popular and can be found in many museum collections today. See Artistry in Rosewood, a catalog of an exhibit of Galusha's work held at the Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Utica, NY in 1995.

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