Doorway
This doorway provided entry into the Landlord Fowler Tavern in Westfield, Massachusetts. Originally painted a monochromatic gray-white to resemble stone, this wooden doorway with its Corinthian pilasters and a scrolled pediment represents a classical design commonly used in colonial America. It may have derived from the widely-circulated architecture book by William Salmon, Palladio Londinensis: or The London Art of Building (1734). The doorway’s presence in the Connecticut River Valley shows how sophisticated European designs reached even the most remote locations in the American colonies.
Artwork Details
- Title: Doorway
- Maker: Possibly Alexander Grant
- Date: ca. 1750
- Geography: Made in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Pine
- Dimensions: 132 3/4 x 96 1/8 in. (337.2 cm x 244.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1916
- Object Number: 16.147
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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