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Front parlor, Nathan Appleton residence, 39 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1882-1888

Location Note

Interiors: Mass.: Boston: Beacon St.: Folder 27

GUSN

GUSN-195701

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Description

Image depicts the sumptuous front parlor at the Nathan Appleton residence on Boston's Beacon Hill during the time of William Sumner Appleton, Sr.'s residency (Nathan's son). The rooom is filled with brocade covered chairs, finely carved wood furniture and many hung portraits. The floor is carpeted in an ornated pattern. Over the fireplace is an oversized mirror.

Details

Descriptive Terms

interior views
parlors
seating furniture
carpeting
fireplaces
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000809
AccessID 1049
Other identifier HNEDID-000809

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC002

Collection Name

Domestic interiors photographic collection

Reference Code

PC002.USMA.Boston.027.04.001

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Appleton, William S. (William Sumner), 1840-1903

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Interiors: Mass.: Boston: Beacon St.: Folder 27

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