The Furniture Study is open by appointment to individuals and groups of fewer than fifteen people from Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Special viewing arrangements for Yale students and faculty are also available. To schedule a visit, please contact the Department of American Decorative Arts at 203.432.0632 or yuag.furniturestudy@yale.edu.

For more information about the collection, please see Permanent Collection: American Decorative Arts.

  The Furniture Study is a working library of approximately one thousand examples of furniture and wooden objects— American-made and made for the American market—ranging in date from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. Chests, tables, chairs, desks, clocks, sideboards, wood turnings, fireplace equipment, and looking glasses are arranged in approximate chrono-logical order by form, allowing for an easy comparison of objects and craft practices.

Since the opening of the Furniture Study in the 1960s, efforts have been made to acquire a representative selection of works that offer the opportunity for in-depth study of both stylistic development and regional differences. The collection is particularly strong in colonial and federal furniture, mostly from the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection.