Object Number 1964.0034 A- C

Object Name

Frame, backboard and glass

Category

Frames

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Stillman Lothrop (Frame maker)
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