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This fireboard is from the Rufus Saxton house in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Fireboards customarily covered a fireplace opening during the warm months when fires were unnecessary. Many early 19th century fireboards were decoratively painted. This one is painted with a trompe l'oeil view of a well-equipped fireplace.

 

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Fireboard

date   c. 1820
location   Deerfield, Massachusetts
height   32.75"
width   56.75"
process/materials   oil on board
accession #   #NR.37


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