| Figure 5. The linen and silk coverlet in
this bedroom is a brilliant crimson and bears a weeping willow design. It comes from
Franklin, Massachusetts, and is signed and dated Nancy Thurston, Franklin 1829. The
eighteenth-century New England blanket chest at the foot of the bed retains its original
red paint. Both the maple armchair, which has its original black paint and the maple
candlestand were made in New Milford, Connecticut, c. 1770. The nineteenth-century
painting by an unknown artist hangs in an unusual opening in the paneling. Also singular
is the hearthstone, which is cantilevered out from the chimney stack. The rugs are
Caucasian. |
