Historic New England invites you to explore the evolution of American interior design through four historic homes – Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, Codman Estate, Gibson House, Pendleton House – and their creators.
The homes featured in the exhibition, all of which are now museums open to the public, include:
R. Tripp Evans, Professor of Art History at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and specialist in American material culture and historic preservation, is the guest curator of the exhibition. “Each of these New England designer-collectors came of age during a time when there was a newfound fascination with interior design as individual expression – a phenomenon clearly seen in the wide range of styles these men adopted,” said Evans.
Showcasing an extraordinary range of furnishings, design work, and personal artifacts, The Importance of Being Furnished invites visitors to step into the world of these four bachelors, celebrates their contributions to the field of interior design, and explores how the homes stand as an artistic expression of each man.
The exhibition is drawn from Evans’s book of the same title. The book is available at the Eustis Estate.
The Importance of Being Furnished: Four Bachelors at Home is at the Eustis Estate, 1424 Canton Avenue, Milton, Massachusetts. The Eustis Estate is open from Friday to Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The exhibition is on view until October 27, 2024.
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