"Chiffonieres 20"

Item Information

Title:
"Chiffonieres 20"
Description:
Photo album titled: "Chiffonieres 20." Title is hand printed in black on front cover; title and volume number are hand printed in black on spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 144 dark gray pages, all of which are now loose. Sixteen of the pages are blank. Album contains 131 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of chiffonieres and bureaus manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor, Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. Also included are photographs of toilet or shaving mirrors and a dressing table. The order number and year are often shown on a display in the photographs; model numbers are also provided in some cases. Customer names are noted on some album pages. Named customers are: Frank E. Anderson (Houston, TX); Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. (Quincy, MA); J. J. Bodell (Providence, RI); Mrs. H. C. Castle (Brookline, MA); Ed K. Davis (Marstons Mills, MA); R. F. Herrick (Boston, MA); L. E. Kirstein; Mrs. Leigh Liggett (Chestnut Hill, MA); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA); B. W. Parker; E. Parmalee Prentice (Williamstown, MA); Sylvia Sears (Chestnut Hill, MA); F. H. Stuart (Newton Centre, MA); and Mrs. A. E. Tutien. Digital images of a selection of photographs from the album are attached to this record.
Compiler:
Irving & Casson - A. H. Davenport Co.
Compiler:
A. H. Davenport Co.
Compiler:
Irving & Casson
Date:
1880–1973
Format:
Albums/Scrapbooks
Photographs
Genre:
photograph albums
black-and-white photographs
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
CC010: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
Subjects:
chiffonnières (low chests of drawers)
chiffoniers (tall chests of drawers)
chests (case furniture)
mirrors
Extent:
1 photo album containing 144 pages and 131 photographs (14 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches); 14 3/4 in. x 12 1/2 in. x 3 1/4 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
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Identifier:
294830
Call #:
CC010.002.028