1900-1940, predominant 1913-1924
GUSN-368909
Series contains design drawings and photographs depicting a variety of furnishings manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co.
The design drawings include beds, case goods, chairs, tables, mantles, and support furnishings like clocks, costumers, lamps, mirrors, and wastebaskets. Also present is one printed image that shows designs in color and black and white marked "William Leavens & Co., Inc., Manufacturers, Boston, Mass." Also present are two mounted photographs, one showing a chest of drawers and one showing a lamp with a drawing of a woven chair rendered in pen and watercolor on trace.
The photographs and cyanotypes include beds, benches, candlesticks, case goods, chairs, chaise longues, desks, dressing tables, ecclesiastical furnishings, lamps, lowboys, mantles, mirrors, screens, sofas, stools, support furnishings, and tables.
A consolidated list of over 1,100 customers is available upon request.
design drawings
photographs
cyanotypes (photographic prints)
7.08 linear feet (two document boxes, five record cartons)
Materials were purchased at auction by David Martland in 2020. They were donated to Historic New England in 2021.
CC011
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II
2021
CC011.012
Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co.
Irving & Casson
A.H. Davenport Co.
design drawings
photographs
cyanotypes (photographic prints)
Series
The materials are arranged by furniture type. Photographs in Subseries C are in the order they were found. Titles given by the original creators are enclosed by quotation marks.
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