Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5564 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Organ Loft Antique Shop

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling (American, 1926 - 2009)

Date1990-2000

MediumDrawing; black ink on paper

DimensionsSheet (height x width): 16 x 22 1/8in. (40.6 x 56.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family

Object number2012.284.5564

DescriptionDrawing of the exterior of the Organ Loft Antique Store, probably located in Clinton, Connecticut. Outside of the store, a variety of items are pictured, including lamp posts, signs, furniture, a sleigh, and a wheeled cart advertising saddle bags and boots topped with an umbrella. On top of the roof on the left is a flagpole flying the American flag and what appears to be a horse weathervane.

Collections

Richard Welling Collection

NotesSubject Note: Reference to an antique store named the Organ Loft in Connecticut appear in a digitized telephone directory from Clinton in the years 1954-1959/60 and in three advertisements in the Hartford Courant from 1961..

Status

Not on view