Valance
- Object Name:
- Valance
- Object ID:
- 1951.010.01.2
- Place of Origin:
- Walpole, NH
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Valance Board (for windows), Federal period, from Col. Benjamin Bellows Homestead, Walpole, NH. Wood, pine and others. 5.75" high thin slab of wood (wood type unidentified), bent into a bow shape, and backed with a horizontal plank of wood (pine) as a support. Front of slab is painted olive-yellow, with painted black (faded to brown) laurel leaf swag design. Ends of valance board capped with small blocks of wood, painted the same as the front; caps are rounded on the top rear. Mortise and tenon construction, with use of square-head nails, some of which appear to be wrought iron. Paper typed label on support board reads, "Copley Amory / June 20, '51". On underside of support, incised with pen or pencil, is "1830" (writing appears to be from a 20th century hand). One of a pair.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-5.5 W-43.25 D-6.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Note from accession file: "2 cornice boards (for windows).... From the original farm house of Col Benjamin Bellows, Walpole, NH. The house was built before the Revolution and occupied by succeeding Bellows generations, until purchased by the donor in 1890. According to tradition these cornice boards has (sic) 'always been in the house' the assumption being that they were pre-Revolutionary. However, '1830' is incised on the under side of each.... Chronology of ownership of Col. Benjamin Bellows Homestead, first framed house in Walpole, built 1762:
1. Col. Benjamin Bellows (1712-1777; founder of Walpole, b. Lancaster, MA; d. Walpole)
2. Thomas Bellows (1762-1848; b.d. Walpole; 2nd son of Col. Benj.)
3. Rev. Thomas Bellows, Jr. (1807-1890; b.d. Walpole; son of Thomas Bellows) - Credit Line:
- Gift of Copley Amory
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