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1880-1973, undated
GUSN-295521
Photo album titled: "Church Furniture Sets 4." Title is hand printed on a round paper label affixed to spine; volume number is also printed on a paper label affixed to spine. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Album has 70 olive green pages; 35 of the pages are blank. Album contains 35 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of church furnishings manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. Furnishing types included are pews, lecterns, communion rails, sedilia, pedestals, altars, kneelers and communion tables. Furnishings are grouped by church.The order number and year are often shown on a display in the photographs. Customer names are handwritten on several album pages. Named customers are: Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, NY); Choate School Chapel (Wallingford, CT); Christ Church (New York, NY): Depew Memorial Chapel (Pawling, NY): Grace Church (North Attleboro, MA); Grace M. E. Church (Greensboro, NC); Middlesex School Memorial Chapel (Concord, MA); Prospect Presbyterian Church (Maplewood, NJ); South Congregational Church (Kennebunkport, ME); and United Congregational Church (Bridgeport, CT). Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.
pews
lecterns
communion rails
altar rails
sedilia
pulpits
altars (religious building fixtures)
communion tables
reredoses (screens)
Christian religious building fixtures
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
Strong Museum number 113.4
1 photo album containing 70 pages and 35 photographs (11 x 15 1/2 x 2 1/8 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.002.089
Museum Purchase
11 x 15 1/2 x 2 1/8 (HxWxD)(inches)
Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. (Compiler)
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Compiler)
Irving & Casson (Compiler)
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
File
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