Wall

Object Name:

Wall

Object ID:

2006.036

Place of Origin:

Kensington, NH

Date:

1740-1760

Description:

The "Hampton Room," 1740-1760, consisting of pine wall and ceiling panels, corner cupboard, three windows, and one door. From the Moses Shaw House in Kensington, NH (formerly part of Hampton).

8 sections of wall paneling, 6 to 7 ft. high, 24" to 13' 7" wide
16 ceiling panels, up to 36" square
3 long ceiling sections, 14' 6" long x 20"w
3 window units, 48"h x 29"w x 6"d
1 door, 80"h x 32"w
1 corner cupboard, 79"h x 30"w x 14"d

Material:

Wood
Pine

Provenance:

From the Moses Shaw House in Kensington, NH (formerly part of Hampton). Purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1911 and installed in their American Wing in 1924.

According to the 1997 Kensington historic properties survey, the Moses Shaw House was built c. 1742. The original owner of the house was probably Moses Shaw Sr. (1717-1791), who was a joiner. It is presumed that he produced the woodwork. However, the leading 20th-century Kensington historian dated the house to 1774 and attributed the woodwork to Ebenezer Clifford (1746-1821). Note that the paneled walls and ceiling in Samuel Lane's house in nearby Stratham were produced and installed in 1741 by Timothy Jones.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

People:

Shaw, Moses, Sr. (1717-1791)

Subjects:

Paneling