Parlor at the Nathan Hale Homestead
Dateabout 1955
MediumPhotomechanical print: printers' ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 3 3/8 × 5 7/16in. (8.6 × 13.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of George W. Cheney, III, Katherine C. Chappell and Mary C. Nelson
DescriptionPostcard showing an interior view of the parlor at the Nathan Hale Homestead in South Coventry, Connecticut. Two chairs are situated around a small table, in front of a fireplace. The table is set for tea.
Object number1997.108.16
MarkingsPrinted in black ink on recto, perpendicular to image orientation: "Tea-time in the Parlor of the Nathan Hale Homestead, South / Coventry, Connecticut, showing a Chippendale wing chair cov- / ered in Eighteenth Century red damask, a country style ribbon- / back Chippendale arm chair, and a very rare Queen Anne tea / table set with a lustre tea-set. / ANTIQUARIAN & LANDMARKS SOCIETY, INC. OF CONN."Printed in black ink on verso: "POST CARD / THIS SIDE FOR CORRESPONDENCE / [printed perpendicular to other text] Published by THE COLLOTYPE CO., Elizabeth, N.J. and N.Y. / THIS SIDE FOR ADDRESS"NotesDate note: Cataloging worksheet in object file gives date as circa 1955.
Subject Terms
- Cheney family
- Hale family
- Hale, Nathan, 1755-1776
- Interior architecture
- Tea
- Fireplaces
- Chippendale, Thomas, 1718-1779
- Chair industry
- Furniture
- South Coventry (Conn.)
- Coventry (Conn.)
- Dwellings
- Cheney, George Wells, III, b.1951
- Cheney, Katherine Pope, b. 1945
- Cheney, Mary Christopher, b. 1950
- Photomechanical Prints
- Postcards
- South Coventry
On View
Not on view
1905-1940
