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ca. 1870
photo albums 252-259
GUSN-246494
A small furniture makers' photographic sales catalogue from Templeton, Massachusetts, possibly form Bourne & Brooks ca. 1870. Album holds 10 mounted 7 1/2 x 9 inch black and white photographs of chamber ( bedroom) furniture sets. The carved furniture includes a bed frame, vanity, vanity chair, rocking chair, a side table, dresser and a commode. Photos are mounted and bound in a small black tied album. Also included are two trade cards for furniture maker Kilner & Bourne, Templeton, MA, no date, a billhead for Bourne & Brooks furniture, Templeton, MA ca. 1870 and 2 copies of a price list for the furniture company Bourn, Hadley & Co., Templeton, MA, no date. Excellent quality of photographs representing a New England furniture manufacturer.
bed furniture (linens)
furniture
advertising
business (commercial function)
sales catalogs
black-and-white photographs
photograph albums
trade catalogs
price lists
album number 252
1 photographic sales catalogue ; 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
1994
PC009.252
Museum Purchase
8 1/4 x 10 1/2 (HxW)(inches)
Templeton (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Probably Bourn, Hadley and Company (Templeton, Mass.) (Furniture maker)
sales catalogs
black-and-white photographs
photograph albums
trade catalogs
price lists
Kilner & Bourn (Templeton, Mass)
Item
photo albums 252-259
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