Interior Decoration - Philip Cryan Marshall

Interior Decoration
Anonymous, Mother and Son at Home, c.1830
Finishes Analysis
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Floors
Wood
Substrate for other finish
Finished, untreated
“Sanded”
Painted, plain
Stenciled, over paint
Painted, faux
Wood floor, first floor, Fairbanks House, Dedham, Massachusetts.
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Floors
Joseph Shoemaker Russell, South Parlor of Abraham Russell, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1848. Watercolor. Old Dartmouth
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Wood
Floors
Joseph Shoemaker Russell, Tiverton, Rhode Island 1850.
Carpets
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Floors
First floor hallway, Philip Walker House, East Providence, Rhode Island.
Wood
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Floors
First floor hallway, Lippitt House, Providence, Rhode Island.
Wood
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Floors
Wood floor, oak trimmed with cherry, front great hall (original house), Stonehurst, Waltham, Massachusetts.
Floors — Painted
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Floors
Parquet, first floor hallway, Governor Henry Lippitt House, Providence, Rhode Island.
Wood
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Floors
Wood floor, rear stair hall (original house), Waltham, Massachusetts.
Floors — Painted
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Floors
Wood floor and vent opening, front great hall (original house), Waltham, Massachusetts.
Floors — Painted
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Floors
Bathroom, second floor, Stonehurst, Waltham, Massachusetts. H.H. Richardson addition, 1883.
Floors — Painted
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Floors
Summer parlor, Stonehurst, Waltham, Massachusetts. H.H. Richardson addition, 1883.
Wood
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Floors
Summer parlor (c. 1900), Stonehurst, Waltham, Massachusetts. H.H. Richardson addition, 1883.
Wood and Area Rugs
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Floors
Faux woodwork, first floor, Fairbanks House, Dedham, Massachusetts.
Wood — Painted
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Floors
Eunice Pinney, Two Women, c. 1825.
Painted
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Floors
Painted wood floor, dining room, Stonehurst (H.H. Richardson addition 1883), Waltham, Massachusetts.
Wood — Painted
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Floors
Floor Cloths
Floor cloths are a cotton, linen or jute
canvas painted with oil-based paints.
These paints were sometimes used
as the “ground” for stencil work.
Commonly used in entry halls and
dining rooms beginning in the 18th
century.
Sometimes used as a drugget to
protect better carpeting.
After circa 1850s, the term was
superceded by “oilcloth.”
Floor Cloths.
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Floors
Joseph Steward, John Phillips, c. 1793. Oil on canvas. Trustees of Dartmouth College.
Floor Cloths
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Floors
Rag Rugs
Rag rugs, made of used rags sewn
together for warp, were first woven on
household looms.
They became commercially important in
the latter part of the 19th cent.
A new rug was often made each winter
and the old ones rotated around the
house, from hearthrug to kitchen to back
door, with the old doormat either thrown
away or used outside to cover the potato
clamp or compost heap. Thus very few
survived.
Two early hooked bed rugs survive in the
U.S., one dated 1763 and the other 1773.
Rag rugs. Rag Rug Weaving (1915), Wallace Nutting, Wallace Nutting’s Library. Below: Rag rug, c. 1850-1900, Skinner, 19
Inc.
Floors
Rag rugs. Amish Rag Rug, Pennsylvania, c. 1920-30, 20’ across, 12 feet long, cotton. Laura Fisher Quilts.
Rag Rugs
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Floors
Rag rugs. Amish Rag Rug, Pennsylvania, c. 1920-1930, 20’ across, 12 feet long, cotton. Laura Fisher Quilts.
Rag Rugs
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Floors
Lily Martin Spencer, Blind Faith, c. 1890.
Rag Rugs
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Floors
Hit-or-Miss Rag rug, early 20th c., 2’-9” by 12’x4”, mostly cotton, cotton warp, detail. Laura Fisher Quilts.
Rag Rugs
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Floors
Rag rugs. “Four Panel Hit-or-Miss”, early 20th c., 10’-7” by 13’x11”, mostly cotton, cotton warp, detail. Laura Fisher Quilts.
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Rag Rugs
Floors
Oval braided rug.
Braided Mats and Rugs
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Floors
Braided mat on wood floor.
Braided Mats and Rugs
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Floors
Frost Catalog, 1884.
Braided Mats and Rugs
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