1880-1973, undated
GUSN-296051
Photo album titled: "Hotel and Lodge Furniture 67." Title is hand printed on a round paper label affixed to spine; volume number is also printed on a paper label affixed to spine. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Album has 90 olive green pages; nineteen of the pages are blank. Album contains 68 mounted and five loose black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of furniture forms manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. for hotels, lodges and other public buildings.The order number and year are often shown on a display in the photographs. Customer names are handwritten on several album pages. Named customers are: Cleveland Pulbic Library (Cleveland, OH); Elks Club Lodge (Quincy, MA); Hotel Statler (Boston, MA); Masonic Temple (Manchester, NH); Ritz-Carlton Hotel (Boston, MA); and Washington State Capital (Olympia, WA). Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record
armchairs
side chairs
chairs (furniture forms)
benches (furniture)
sofas
desks
lecterns
tables (support furniture)
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
Strong Museum number 179.67
1 photo album containing 90 pages and 73 photographs (11 x 15 1/2 x 1 7/8 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.002.145
Museum Purchase
11 x 15 x 1 1/4 (HxWxD)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Compiler)
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Compiler)
Irving & Casson (Compiler)
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
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