The Prentis Collection: Historical New Hampshire/ by Philip N. Guyol.
- Title:
- The Prentis Collection: Historical New Hampshire/ by Philip N. Guyol.
- Author:
- Guyol, Philip Nelson, 1905-1996.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1958.
- Physical Description:
- 16 pages, some unnumbered: illustrations.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1958 Vol. 14, (December 1958) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- The article discusses the Prentis Collection, a collection of furnishings and rooms granted to the New Hampshire Historical Society by antiques collector Katharine Prentis Murphy and her brother Edmund Astley Prentis. The rooms reflect the style of a New England merchant home around 1730. The author reports that the dining room features a wall with pine paneling, a butterfly table, and banister-back chairs. Other objects discussed include a refectory table in the kitchen, Queen Anne side chairs in the bedroom, and slat-back armchairs in the large gallery passage.
- Subjects:
- Furniture, Early American. , Antiques United States.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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