Parlor from 94 Boston Street, Salem, Massachusetts, c.1795 and c.1818
- Date
- c.1795, remodeled c.1808, wallpaper c.1818
- made in
- Salem, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Architectural elements, wood
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, the Salem Room
- Dimensions
- 94 in. x 16 ft. 9 in. x 14 ft. 8 in. (238.8 x 510.5 x 447 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 19:1931
Provenance
c.1795 - 1813
Daniel Frye (d. 1813), Salem, Massachusetts
1817 -
Jacob Putnam and Benjamin Hawes, Salem, Massachusetts
- 1931
House of Flayderman, Boston, Massachusetts
1931 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from House of Flayderman [1]
Notes:
This room came from a three-story tavern building still standing at 94 Boston Street in Salem, Massachusetts. It was a dining room situated on the second floor. In 1790 Frye purchased the Boston Street site and five years later replaced the existing building with a new structure. Around 1808 he hired Samuel McIntire, the preeminent furniture maker and carver in Salem, to install new woodwork and mantels in this and another room of the inn. Frye died in 1813; in 1817 the house was sold to Jacob Putnam, wealthy merchant and tanner, and Benjamin Hawes, gentleman. They divided the building, and Putnam's half included this room.
[1] Per invoice dated March 19, 1931 [SLAM document files]; Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, February 11, 1931
Daniel Frye (d. 1813), Salem, Massachusetts
1817 -
Jacob Putnam and Benjamin Hawes, Salem, Massachusetts
- 1931
House of Flayderman, Boston, Massachusetts
1931 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from House of Flayderman [1]
Notes:
This room came from a three-story tavern building still standing at 94 Boston Street in Salem, Massachusetts. It was a dining room situated on the second floor. In 1790 Frye purchased the Boston Street site and five years later replaced the existing building with a new structure. Around 1808 he hired Samuel McIntire, the preeminent furniture maker and carver in Salem, to install new woodwork and mantels in this and another room of the inn. Frye died in 1813; in 1817 the house was sold to Jacob Putnam, wealthy merchant and tanner, and Benjamin Hawes, gentleman. They divided the building, and Putnam's half included this room.
[1] Per invoice dated March 19, 1931 [SLAM document files]; Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, February 11, 1931
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