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Catalog, W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 32 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

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GUSN-330710

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Description

The catalog has descriptions and photographs of "Metalcraft" garden furniture, gates, fences, weathervanes, sundials and other pieces. Furniture samples can be seen on the terraces and courtyard garden at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on pages 32-33. Iron fences and gates are shown at the Henry Clay Frick Estate, Prides Crossing, Mass., the A.W. Preston Estate, Phillips Beach, Mass., the Skinner Estate, Dedham, Mass. and the Moore and Swift Estates, Prides Crossing, Mass. The front and back covers are missing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
garden furniture
outdoor furniture
gates
fences
metalwork
ironwork (objects)
trade catalogs

Physical Description

1 trade catalog, 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.001.003.036

Image Dimensions

5 1/4 x 7 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc. (Publisher)

Material Type

trade catalogs

Other People

Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919
Preston, A. W. (Andrew W.), 1846-1924

Subjects

Garden ornaments and furniture

Description Level

Item

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