Frame, backboard and glass
Museum Object Number1964.0034 A- C |
Object Name
Frame, backboard and glass
Category
Frames
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
Creator (Role)
Stillman Lothrop (Frame maker)
Creator Notes
Stillman Lothrop worked in Boston as a gilder, framer, and looking glass maker. Prior to owning his own shop he apprenticed with John Doggett. As early as 1803, Stillman Lothrop was painting and gilding for him.
Place of Origin
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Date
1800-1815
Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label
1. Label; Reverse; "64.34c" (graphite)
2. Label; Reverse; "64.34c" (graphite)
3. Label; reverse, manufacturer's lable; "Stillman Lothrop, / BURNISH GILDER, / In framing Looking-Glasses, Pictures, and/Embroidery=Work, / Tablet-Painting, Enamelling, &c. / All of which branches he executes in an elegant style, / OPPOSITE CUSHING'S PRINTING OFFICE, SALEM. / HE KEEPS CONSTANTLY FOR SALE, / Elegant Looking-Glasses & Pictures, / OF ALL SIZES-AND AT THE LOWEST PRICES. / Orders thankfully received and promptly executed."
Materials
Pine, white; Glass; Gilt; Gesso; Paper
Techniques
Painted, Gilt
Dimensions (inches)
20.5 (H) , 16.56 (W) , 2.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
52.07 (H) , 42.062 (W) , 5.715 (D)
Object Description
Text available soon.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 177, fig. 97, 98
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 186, fig. 101