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Emery Moses House, West Newbury, Mass., parlor

Description

This interior view shows a parlor in the Moses Emery House, built in 1732, in West Newbury, Massachusetts. The room contains various pieces of furniture, such as roundabout, or corner chair, a side table, and a chest.

Details

Descriptive Terms

interior views
houses
dwellings
interior decoration
chairs (furniture forms)
mirrors
side tables
parlors
photographs
cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Physical Description

1 cyanotype ; 6 x 8 inches

Collection Code

PC002

Collection Name

Domestic interiors photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1919-06-11

Reference Code

PC002.USMA.West Newbury.172.18

Image Dimensions

6 x 8 (HxW)(inches)

Places

West Newbury (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

photographs
cyanotypes (photographic prints)

Subjects

corner chairs
River Road (West Newbury, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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