The
The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and
Printed Ephemera
Henry Francis du Pont
Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735
302-888-4600 or 800-448-3883
OVERVIEW
OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Chapman,
Samuel, 1860-1928
Title: Papers
Dates: ca.
1875-1930
Call No.:
Acc. No.: 91x103
Quantity: 6
cu. ft.
Location: 15
D 2-9, Map case C, drawer 6
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Samuel Chapman
(1860-1928) was born in
Chapman eventually
joined financier C.M. Tyler to form the Tyler-Chapman Co., an interior
finishing company which specialized in elevator cab designs. Prior to World War I, Chapman designed and
installed the first wood passenger elevator cab in
More biographical
details are available at this repository.
SCOPE
AND CONTENT
The collection
consists of watercolor and ink drawings of mantels (usually with front and
profile views), wood panels of elevator cabs, and various furniture forms;
photographs; pencil sketches; and art and design serials. The mantel drawings for
LANGUAGE
OF MATERIALS
Most of the materials are in English. French and German publications are also
found.
RESTRICTIONS
ON ACCESS
Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.
PROVENANCE
Gift of Harold W. Chapman, grandson of Samuel
Chapman.
ACCESS
POINTS
People:
Norman,
Oscar.
Woods, John M.
Chapman, Harold.
Chapman, Millard.
Chapman, Lester.
Topics:
Tyler-Chapman
Co.
C.A. Wellington & Co.
Cooper-Williams, Inc.
Oriente (Ship).
Interior architecture -
Interior architecture -
Interior decoration -
Interior decoration -
Furniture design.
Furniture - Drawings.
Art literature.
Elevators -
Elevators -
Elevators -
Elevators, Private residence.
Woodwork -
Woodwork -
Ship decoration.
Veneer and veneering.
Mantels.
Photoprints.
Drawings.
Journals (periodicals).
Blueprints.
Trade catalogs.
Sketchbooks.
Watercolors.
Designers.
Furniture makers.
Veneerers.
Architectural firms.
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location:
15 D 2-9, Map case 6, drawer 6
Folder1: Mantels: 7 sketches (oak, colonial
over-mantel, ash, large front [nursery], mirror only, two not described)
Folder
2: Mantels: 7 sketches (dining
room, simple, mahogany with Rideau grate, Rideau stove and clock, one
description illegible, two not described)
Folder
3: Mantels: 9 sketches (with
closet and drawer in pine, dining room, old oak, east chamber, parlor, two for
chambers, white-wood, one not described)
Folder
4: Mantels: 7 sketches (two in
cherry, chamber, mahogany, two for dining rooms, one not described)
Folder
5: Mantels: 8 sketches (corner,
mirror only, parlor, lower chamber, dining room, three not described)
Folder
6: Mantels: 6 sketches (white wood
to paint, cherry, dining room, chamber, two not described, one of which has
armor mounted above the mantel)
Folder
7: Mantels: 7 sketches (dining
room, two mirrors only, cherry, parlor, west chamber in oak, one not described)
Folder
8: Mantels: 7 sketches (two for
sitting rooms, parlor, hall, second front-lake side, oak, library)
Folder 9: Mantels: 6 sketches (dining room, old
oak, ash, corner, parlor, one not described)
Folder 10: Mantels: 6 sketches (ash, mirror only,
cherry, Rideau grate, two not described)
Folder 11: Mantels: 4 sketches (two for dining
rooms, two not described)
Folder
12: Mantels: 7 sketches (chamber,
two for parlors, oak, dining room, two not described, one of which has a grate)
Folder
13: Mantels: 8 sketches (stained
white wood, chamber, with music case, office, two mantel studies [one with
grate], pine to paint, one not described)
Folder
14: Mantels: 8 sketches (two in oak,
two for dining rooms, white wood to paint, chamber, mirror only, one not described)
Folder
15: Mantels: 8 sketches (pine to
paint, library, hall, and five not described, one of which could be in cherry)
Box 2: C.A. Wellington & Co. sketches
Folder
1: Mantels: 7 sketches (sitting
room, dining room, two for parlors [one in mahogany], oak with brick fireplace,
bed chamber in white wood, one not described)
Folder
2: Mantels: 7 sketches (sitting
room, two for parlors, cherry, mirror only, pine or paint or hard wood, cherry)
Folder
3: Mantels: 8 sketches (small ash,
sitting room, three for parlors, mantel top [over mantel], chamber, one not
described)
Folder
4: Mantels: 7 sketches (two for
dining rooms, mantel with canopy, smoking room, 2d rear, with Rideau grate,
Mrs. B.’s chamber [mantel for lambrequin])
Folder
5: Mantels: 9 sketches (reception
room, two for sitting rooms [one in cherry], chamber, oak, recessed mantel in
cherry, west chamber, dining room, one not described)
Folder
6: Mantels: 7 sketches (three for
chambers, suggestion [incomplete sketch], dining room, billiard room, one not
described)
Folder
7: Mantels: 7 sketches (oak,
dining room, east chamber in walnut, billiard room, mantel study, library or
parlor in walnut, one not described but with musket and swords mounted above
mantel)
Folder
8: Mantels: 6 sketches (with grate,
parlor in mahogany, cherry stained dark [with name M. E. Graves], two studies,
mantel and canopy)
Folder
9: Mantels: 7 sketches (with
canopy grate, with canopy for chamber, sitting room in cherry, partial drawing,
cherry, oak, sitting room)
Folder
10: Mantels: 7 sketches (corner in
cherry, white wood to paint, chamber, brick and terra cotta and wood, parlor in
cherry, sitting room, one not described)
Folder
11: Mantels: 8 sketches (mantel for
Mrs. J. R. Bullard, two for chambers, mahogany, library, hall in quartered oak,
two not described)
Folder
12: Mantels: 8 sketches (dining
room, reception room in cherry, mirror only, oak, parlor, study for a chamber
mantel for lambrequin, two not described)
Folder
13: Mantels: 4 sketches (a study and
three not described)
Box 3: C.A. Wellington & Co. sketches
Folder
1: Bookcases: 6 sketches (book and
bric-a-brac case, walnut, quartered oak, mahogany, old oak, and one not
described)
Folder
2: Cabinets and stands: 7 sketches
(sideboard and dish closet [two pieces in one drawing], two hall stands,
utility article, and three not described)
Folder
3: Cabinets and stands: 7 sketches
(two oak china closets, a partial drawing, cabinet-mantel [although no
fireplace or grate is part of the design], music case, two not described)
Folder
4: Desks: 6 sketches (two oak, two
writing, reading, lady’s writing)
Folder
5: Miscellaneous: 9 sketches
(mahogany bureau, mahogany desk for Mrs. H. J. Biddle, door light [stained
glass window design], oak wood-box, oak hall chest, bellows, wall bracket, wood
box, young gentleman’s bureau)
Folder
6: Settees and sofas: 5 sketches
(oak seat to open, mahogany sofa for dining room, oak hall seat, oak seat,
Indian sofa)
Folder
7: Settees and sofas: 5 sketches
(oak hall seat, seat with cushions, suggestion for sofa, two not described, one
of which includes a seated woman)
Folder
8: Chairs: 8 sketches (oak dining,
dining, hall or library, Gothic, mahogany, arm and side chairs, two chancel
chairs)
Folder
9: Chairs: 8 sketches (oak,
tete-a-tete, mahogany or ebonized, arm chair [incomplete sketch], oak corner,
photographer’s chair, Chippendale, mahogany)
Folder
10: Chairs: 8 sketches (sheet of 5
dining room chairs, two corner chairs [one complete, one incomplete], dining
chairs [side and arm], mahogany [with one arm], oak, incomplete sketch, front
and side views of arm chair, side and arm chairs)
Folder
11: Tables and sideboards: 6
sketches (oak stand with wrought iron frame, oak table [front, side, and
underneath views], sideboard, two oak tables, two oak hall tables [on same
sheet])
Folder
12: Tables and sideboards: 6
sketches (round table with top to be covered, writing table [with detail of
top], table with leg variations, library table [chair also shown], mahogany
table [with drop leaves], drawing room table for Mrs. R. D.Evans [incomplete
sketch])
Folder
13: Tables and sideboards: 6
sketches (oak library [with leg variations], mahogany or ebony Bible table,
cabinet-table, ebony flower box, oak extension table [with underneath view],
colonial table)
Folder
14: Tables and sideboards: 7
sketches (sitting room [with underneath view], drawing room, gateleg, three
suggestions for tables [incomplete sketches], white hall table and mirror,
three round tables [two labeled Stratford], drawing table)
Folder
15: Tables and sideboards: 6
sketches (drawing room, hall [with hat rack above], cabinet or sideboard,
sketches for tables, oak table [with underneath view], hall [with view of
carved top])
Folder
16: Tables and sideboards: 7
sketches (expanding [with underneath view], three hall [one in oak], library,
mahogany office [with plan of top], extension [with plan of top])
1883 (partial)
January-June 1884
January-March,
June-December 1885
January-December 1886
July-December 1894
Folder
1: Moorish fretwork designs, B-K,
photos from unknown source
Folder
2: Supplements to Carpentry and Building, 1891 (pictures
of exteriors and interiors of buildings, details of brick work, and details of
a drawing room in
Folder
3: Materiaux Documents (pictures of architectural vases, urns,
grotesque heads, basins, wells, and baptismal fonts in European buildings)
Folders 4-11: American
Architect and Building News:
1878-1879
(partial)
1880-1882
(partial)
1883
(partial)
January-December
1885
February-July
1886
August
1886-1892 (partial)
Folders 12-18: Fragments
of The Workshop:
vol.
II, no. 6, vol. III no. 4, 1869
vol.
III, nos. 7 & 8, 1870
vol.
III, nos. 9 & 10, 1870
vol.
III, no. 11, 1870, vol. IV, no. 1, 1871
vol.
IV, nos. 5 & 11, 1871
vol.
IV, nos. 11 & 12, 1871
miscellaneous
pages
Folder
1: Sales books: Mantels,
Tyler-Chapman Co., two books, both containing pictures of same mantels lettered
A-Y. One book also has a pencil sketch
laid in and has a price list glued inside the front cover. The other book has a partial label on the
front cover, dating the work to 1878-1905.
Note: original drawings
for these mantels are found in
Folder 2: Allen & Lotts (
Folder
3: Architectural Decorating Co.
(Chicago), trade catalog of “Composition Ornaments Moderne,” no date
Folder
4: Dwight Lumber Co. (
Folder
5: Jacobson & Co. ((
Folder 6: Keenan Structural Slate Co. (
Folder
7: Lusky, White & Coolidge, Inc.
(Chicago), “Catalogue E: Cabinet, Upholstery and Drapery Hardware; Cabinet
Makers, Upholsterers and Carpet Layers Tools; Upholstery, Drapery and
Decorative
Folder
8: The Stanley Works (
Folder
9: Wallace Nutting (
Folder
10: Photos: elevator walls, panel
work on the
Folder
11: Morro Castle: bills, newspaper article, sea trial brochure,
materials relating to buildings in
Folder
12: Payroll, financial data,
estimate book; bill from George A. Tripp for painting, 1927
Tatham, Charles
Heathcote. Etchings representing the best
examples of ancient ornamental architecture drawn from the originals in
French furniture
plates, mostly headed Le Garde Meuble,
used by Tyler-Chapman
Fragments from The Artworker, January-December 1878
Folder
1: Photographs of 7 mantels; one
stamped on back: C.B. Woods & Co.; some are priced; rough sketches on back
of several
Folder
2: Blueprints (small); and
photographs of 22 mantels, stamped on back: C.B. Woods & Co., with notes
and rough sketches on back of some
Folder
3: Blueprints of 5 mantels
(library, billiard room, chamber, and two not described)
Folder
4: Blueprints of 6 mantels (one
for hall, others include front and side elevations)
Folder
5: Blueprints of 9 mantels (three
parlors, chamber, hall, dining room, two library, billiard room)
Folder
6: Blueprints of 4 mantels (dining
room, two not described but include front and side elevations, one not
described but includes front elevation and floor plan)
Folder
7: Pyrogravure Co. (
Folder
8: Charles Emmel (
Folder
9: “Einleitung,” German
publication with pictures of design work
Folder
10: Das Deutsche Zimmer der Renaissance ... Georg Hirth. Munchen: G.
Hirth's, 1880.
Folder
11: “A Map of Old Boston,” printed
ca. 1930, and “New England Old and New” [picture book], printed 1930
February-June 1886
February-June,
September 1889
May, June, August 1890
September, October,
December 1890
January-August,
October-December 1891
October-December 1882
April, July-November
1883
January, March-July
1884
August-December 1884
January-April,
June-September, November 1885
December 1885
January-May,
August-October 1886
February,
May-September 1887
July, August, October
1888
February, March, June
1889
Folder 1: 2 photographs of elevator paneling, both
stamped Tyler-Chapman
Folders
2-14: color drawings of paneling, chiefly
for elevator cars; two boards of drawings per folder. Tyler-Chapman, Inc. A few include scale, price, or note about
kind of wood to use. Includes drawing of
wall and ceiling of the car.
Folders
1-14 colored drawings of elevator panels
from the Tyler-Chapman Co. A few include
scale. (two boards of drawings per
folder, except folder 1 which has just 1)
Folders
1-9 colored drawings of elevator
panels from the Tyler-Chapman Co. Some
include scale. (two boards of drawings
per folder)
Folders
1-9 colored drawings of elevator
panels from the Tyler-Chapman Co. A few
include scale, price, or client name. (two
boards of drawings per folder, except folder 1 which has just 1)
Folders
1-22: colored drawings of elevator panels
from the Tyler-Chapman Co. A few include
scale or other notes. (one drawing per
folder)
Folders
1-21 color drawings of mantels by Oscar
Norman, lettered A-X, but missing K, N, and W.
Note:
these are the original drawings for the mantels depicted in the sales books in
Folder
1: Color drawing of a mantel, with
side and front views, “2nd story rear”
Folder
2: Color drawing of a mantel,
front and side views; C.A. Wellington & Co.
Folder
3: Color drawing of an antique oak
wardrobe, C.B. Woods & Co.
Folder
4: 10 drawings on tracing paper,
chiefly of mantels (mantels: 2 variations of mantel #4, Mrs. W’s room over
library [C.A. Wellington & Co.], #776 for J. S. Cowan[?] & Co., dining room,
three white mahogany, sketch of half a mantel; also a carved design, perhaps a
frame)
Folder
5: 23 drawings on tracing paper,
chiefly of mantels (painted bath commode; birch Croyden bench; mantels: 11 not
described, rococo, for room 117, chambers 2 and 3, sycamore for parlor [stamped
William Chapman, architect, Dorchester, Mass.], own bedroom, living room,
dining room, sitting room, cherry sitting room)
Folder
6: 11 drawings on tracing paper,
chiefly of mantels (round table, marble-topped side table; 9 mantels, including
one for a dining room and one for
Folder
7: 5 miscellaneous prints
published by George Barrie: “Canal in
Folder
8: 5 miscellaneous prints
published by George Barrie: “God’s Acre” by Emily Osborn; “The Welcome Home” by
Benjamin Vautier’ “San Giorgio,
Folder
9: Color drawing of chamber oak
mantel; with measurements and floor plan; B., des.; M. G. finished; C.A.
Wellington & Co.
Folder
10: Color drawing of
Folder
11: Color drawing of shelves(?),
topped with shell ornament, rising above table or cabinet
Folder
12: Color drawing of a sideboard
Folder
13; Color drawing of furniture:
table, side board, arm chair
Folder
14: Pencil drawing of a mantel
Folder
15: Color drawing of mantel, with
some measurements; on back: profile of lion’s head (part of mantel decoration)
and notes about billing and shipping the mantel
Folder
16: Color drawing of oak hall mantel,
with some measurements
Folder
17: Color drawing of mantel, with
side view and very rough sketch of floor plan; size of over-mantel mirror is
indicated
Folder
18: Color drawing of mantel no. 8;
initialed T.I.
Folder
19: Pencil drawing of a mantel, with
only part of design drawn in
Folder
20: Color drawing of mantel, with
only part of design drawn in; includes side view
Folder
21; Color drawing of mantel, with
scale
Folder
22: Color drawing of mantel, #X52,
with only part of design drawn in
Folder
23: Color drawing of mantel for
McIntosh spare room, with book case on one side, includes side view and floor
plan
Folder
24: Color drawing of mantel, #19
Folder
25: Color drawing of mantel, with
side view
June-December 1884
January-December 1885
January-December 1886
Folder
1: Sketchbook of furniture,
including chairs, settees, desks, curtain and valance designs, screens, book
cases, mirrors, plant stands, tables, beds, wardrobes, wash stands, etc.
Folder
2: The Manchester Guardian, May 5, 1921, special 100th
anniversary issue
Folder
3: American Architect and Building News, 1879-1885 (plates of
buildings and designs)
Folder
4: American Architect and Building News, 1885 (plates of buildings and
designs)
Folder
5: American Architect and Building News, 1885-1886 (plates of
buildings and designs)
Folder
6: Furniture Gazette, 1874-1881 (fragments, mostly plates of
furniture, but also including mantels)
Folder 7: Art
Age (undated fragments, mostly plates of buildings, furniture, and designs)
Folders 8-9: plates of assorted buildings, furniture,
designs, from various sources
Folder 10: photo of carved bed with tester
Folder 11: photo of carved bureau with mirror and a
coordinating full-length mirror
Talbert,
B.J. Examples of Ancient & Modern Furniture,
Metal Work, Tapestries, Decorations, &c.
Mauch,
J.M. v.. Die architektonischen ordnungen
der Griechen und Romer und der neueren meister.
July, August, December
1886
January-June,
September-December 1887
January, February,
May-July, October 1888
Oversize folder, in Map case C, drawer 6
blueprint of paneling
for