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Tapestries From the Anne Cheney Dining Room
Image Not Available for Tapestries From the Anne Cheney Dining Room

Tapestries From the Anne Cheney Dining Room

Date1952
MediumPhotography: black and white photographs on paper
Dimensions.92-.97: Primary Dimensions (height x width): 9 1/16 × 10in. (23 × 25.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Anne Cheney Zinsser
DescriptionPictures of tapestries that hung in the dining room of the Anne Cheney house on Hartford Road in Manchester, Connecticut. There are two copies each of four different images.

.98a-c and .99a-c are three photographs hinged together with tape to make long panels.
Object number2008.37.92-.99c
InscribedEach image is labeled with what appears to be the dimensions of the tapestry pictured.NotesDate note: The photographs were accompanied by a letter from R. W. Goslee to Mr. Frank D. Cheney, dated April 23, 1952. The photographs may have been taken prior to 1952, but not after.

The message of the letter is as follows: "Attached herewith are two sets of photographs / of the tapestry that came out of the dining room / of the Anne Cheney house. The tapestry is in the / Engineering Department of the Main Office Building / in Manchester."

The Anne Cheney mansion is no longer extant.
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Not on view
Image Not Available for Anne W. Cheney's house and tapestries
Anne W. Cheney's house and tapestries
before 1952
Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collection, 2015.196.7.1, Connecticut Historical Soc…
Greek Festival, Hartford
1993
The Connecitcut Historical Society collections. 2011.102.0.1 ©2011 The Connecticut Historical…
House for Dr. J.W. Felty, 734 Prospect Avenue, Hartford
Isaac Almarin Allen Jr.
early 20th century
Museum purchase, 1995.36.1318 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Dining Room Interior
William G. Dudley
1916-1927
Connecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collection, 2015.196.1019.1, Connecticut Historical …
Tibetan Culture in Connecticut Bus Tour, 2006
Lakedhen Shingsur
2006 March 25
Image Not Available for View of the dining room table and breakfast table in the dining room of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
View of the dining room table and breakfast table in the dining room of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1898
Image Not Available for Engraved Certificate with Allegorical Scene, and One, Three, and Twenty-Five Dollar Banknotes from the Washington Bank of Westerly, Rhode Island
Engraved Certificate with Allegorical Scene, and One, Three, and Twenty-Five Dollar Banknotes from the Washington Bank of Westerly, Rhode Island
Unknown
before 2000
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.544, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Dining Room at Horace Bushnell Cheney's House
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1900
Image Not Available for Dining Table
Dining Table
Amos Denison Allen
about 1797
Gift of Ingrid Suisman, 2013.202.39, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, In copyright
Plan for Dining Room Cabinet, 1136 Prospect Avenue, Hartford
1988
Gift of Ingrid Suisman, 2013.202.40, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, In copyright
Plan for Dining Room Cabinet, 1136 Prospect Avenue, Hartford
1988
Image Not Available for View from the library of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
View from the library of the Horace Bushnell Cheney House, 78 Forest Street, Manchester, Connecticut
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
1898
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