Mantel, painted green with dentils; fireboard image is trompe l'oeil brick with fireplace tools; dado cap and baseboard shadows on sides of mantel.
mantels
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
dentils
trompe-l'oeil
Component, Fireplace
Fireboard
Painted
Torah
Tromp L'oeil
Dentil
fireboards (fireplace equipment)
Fireboard
Loaned to Milwaukee Art Museum for exhibition "American Fancy: Exuberance and Delight in the Arts, 1790-1840" December 2004-April 2005.
Original To Daniel Whitmore House,
1963.394 A & B
Possibly Graves, Noah (Artist)
North Sunderland, MA, USA
44.5 x 51 x 5.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Purchase
1963.394AB
Pain, William, Author. The Practical Builder London: 1789; Boston: 1792.. [No Publisher].
Massachusetts (United States)
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