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Fixture, Wall

Object Name:
Fixture, Wall
Object ID:
1992.047.14
Date:
1900-1920
Description:
Box of display fixtures, from millinery shop of Richard Codaire (1863-1930), Manchester, NH. Metal and wood. Large number of nickel-plated steel rods, steel ball connectors, wooden connectors, and felt-covered metal supports, probably for hats. All contained in wooden box covered in green fabric, with removable cover.
Material:
Metal
Steel
Wood
Textile
Dimensions:
H-5 W-14.5 L-20 inches
Provenance:
Richard Codaire (1863-1930) was born in Abbotsford, Quebec, and became a naturalized US citizen in Holyoke, MA, in 1888. He moved to Manchester, NH, by 1890, and married Gertrude E. Morse Robie (1874-1968) in Nashua in 1892. The couple lived in Manchester and had four children. Richard operated a millinery shop. The Codaire family lived at 85 Walnut Street (1896-1897), then 235 Lowell Street (1898-1900), 223 Lowell (1901-1910), and back to 85 Walnut (1911-1930). The millinery shop was at 33 Hanover Street, (1896-1910), then 30 Bridge Street (1913-1915) and 102 Hanover Street (1917-1921). The collection belonged to Richard Codaire's daughter, Margaret Sproul-Bolton (1903-1994). She was the great aunt of the donor, Beverly Galante.
Credit Line:
Gift of Beverly and Carl Galante
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