1880-1973, undated
GUSN-294807
Photo album titled: "Imported Chairs: Miscellaneous, Winsor, Rockers, Wicker 5." Title is hand printed in black on front cover; title, subtitle, and volume number are hand printed in black on spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 68 dark gray pages. Seven of the pages are blank. Album contains 61 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of chairs manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. The order number and year are often shown on a display in the photographs; model numbers are also provided in some cases. Customer names are handwritten on some album pages. Named customers are: J. E. Aldred; Frank E. Anderson (Houston, TX); Mrs. D. N. Barney (Farmington, CT); Robert Casson (Newton Centre, MA); Mrs. Henry Endicott; L. W. Kronkite; Henry Miller; Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH); T. G. Plant; C. M. Pratt; E. Parmalee Prentice (Williamstown, MA); Mrs. H. E. Sargent; F. H. Stuart (Newton, MA); and Mrs.E. J. Switzer, Jr. (Amherst, MA). Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.
chairs (furniture forms)
armchairs
side chairs
wicker
Windsor chairs
Windsor rocking chairs
rocking chairs
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
Strong Museum number 23.5
1 photo album containing 68 pages and 61 photographs (14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.002.006
Museum Purchase
14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 1 1/2 (HxWxD)(inches)
Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Compiler)
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Compiler)
Irving & Casson
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
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