Kamfanin Crawford Riddell

Lokacin da yazo ga kayan kayan kayan kayan kayan ado, ɗayan Crawford Riddell ne daga Philadelphia, Pennsylvania suna yin alamar su. Wannan gaskiya ne ga wani ɗaki na ɗakin kwana wanda kwamishinan Henry Clay ya ba shi izini don yin kaya ga abin da ya zama ɗakin gida na Lincoln.

Tabbas, tun lokacin da ba'a zabi Clay ba, kayan sayen da jam'iyyar Whig suka saya ba su taba shiga White House ba.

An kawo ɗakin ɗakin kwana a bayan sayansa zuwa Louisiana a maimakon inda wata gonar mai arziki ta mallaki shi a cikin gidansa.

Jakadan da aka sanya ya saya ta Dallas Museum of Art don $ 450,000 a shekara ta 2000, babban adadi ga wani daga wannan lokaci, bisa ga wani labarin da aka danganta a cikin New York Times. Abin da ya faru da sunan Henry Clay Rosedown Plantation Armoire, wani bangare daga wannan ɗakin ajiyar kayan tarihi, da MS Rau Antiques na New Orleans ya baiwa Louisiana State Museum na 2015 (duba cikakken labari a kasa). Wannan gudunmawar ta taimaka wa mahimmanci don ƙwarewar fasaha na Crawford Riddell, musamman ma ga waɗannan ƙwayar mikiya.

Gaskiya, ba a san shi ba game da Riddell ba tare da kayan aikin sana'a ba tun farkon farkon - 1800, kuma ya yi aiki mai kyau. Seth Thayer, wani mai kula da gidan kayan gargajiya a Chicago, wanda ya taba aiki a Cibiyar Ayyukan Kwalejin Chicago, ya gaya wa New York Times: '' Ba mu san da yawa game da shi ba.

Ya kasance mai mulki wanda ya mallaki sararin samaniya ya kuma hayar da shi ga sauran ma'aikata. Zai yiwu sun taimaka masa a kan wannan dakin. "'

Shin wasu ƙananan Crawford Riddell suna da yawa? Sai dai idan suna da irin wannan nau'i kamar waɗannan kayan tarihi, watakila ba. Amma, kowane yanki da alamaccen alama ta Crawford Riddell ya cancanci kimantawa daga wani tsoffin kayan gwani don tantance tsarin da kuma inganci kafin ya ba da darajarta.

Bugu da ƙari, ƙoƙarin ƙoƙari na maidawa a kan wani kayan kayan Riddell (ko wani babban sashi na ƙarshe) bai zama kyakkyawan ra'ayi ba. Masu tarawa na tsohuwar tsohuwar tsofaffin kayan furniture suna tsammani ƙaddamarwa ta zama asali, don haka zaka iya rage yawan darajar ko ka ɓata wani abu mai mahimmanci ta ƙoƙarin sake sakewa a kanka.

Henry Clay Rosedown Plantation Armoire

MS Rau Antiques, wani yanki na Faransanci a New Orleans tun 1912, ya sanar da kyautar Henry Clay Rosedown Plantation Armoire zuwa ga Louisiana State Museum a 2015.

Wannan yanki ne da aka yi a matsayin wani ɓangare na ɗakin ɗakin kwana mai suna Crawford Riddell na Philadelphia don amfani a fadar White House, kuma zai zauna a cikin abin da ake kira yanzu Lincoln Bedroom inda Henry Clay ya lashe kyautar don shugabancin a 1844. A maimakon haka , magoya bayan Clay sun sayar da su ga Daniel Turnbull, mai ba da kyan zuma wanda yake amfani da kayan ado a cikin Rosedown Plantation a St Fancisville, Louisiana.

"Mun samu wannan yanki daga tsohon mai shigowa bayan da Jihar Louisiana ta sayi Rosedown Plantation a shekara ta 2000, sa'an nan kuma ta sayar da shi ga abokin ciniki," in ji Bill Rau, mai mallakar MS Rau Antiques ta hanyar sakin labaran. "Mun yi farin ciki da sake samu wannan yanki kuma muna da damar da za mu ba da gudummawa ga wani da irin wannan tarihin tarihi ga irin kayan tarihi mai muhimmanci."

Katin (wanda aka nuna a sama) anyi shi ne daga bishiya na Brazilian (yanzu bace) tare da salo na Gothic Revival . An rufe shi da ginshiƙan gothic guda biyu waɗanda suke buɗewa a kowane gefe don ajiyar kayan ajiya, kuma haka aka rubuta su a matsayin katako na "winged". Ƙofofin kofofin sun bude don ƙarin ajiya ciki har da akwati mai kwalliya. Kowace sashe yana riƙe da zane-zane na ainihi, kuma an kammala zane-zane a cikin furen Brazilian a cikin ɗakin. Yawanci, yana cikin yanayi mara kyau da aka motsa shi cikin shuka a 1845 kuma ya kasance a can har 2000.

"Wakilin Henry Clay Ward yana iya kasancewa daya daga cikin manyan wuraren da ke cikin karni na 19 a Amirka," in ji Mark Tullos, Darakta na Jami'ar Jihar ta Louisiana ta hanyar sakin labaran. "Muna godiya ga Bill Rau da MS Rau Antiques don wannan gudunmawa da gaske kuma don taimakawa wajen kiyaye wannan maɗaukakin yanki ga al'ummomi masu zuwa."

An yi wani kayan kayan kirki mai kyau kuma mai cikakke a hannunsa ya fi mahimmanci ta hanyar rubuce-rubuce da kuma ɗaukar alama ta Crawford Riddell. Wannan ɗakin katako ya zama babban nau'i mai daraja na kwarewa.