Doorway

Possibly Alexander Grant American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 751

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.

Doorway, Possibly Alexander Grant, Pine, American

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Doorway, Possibly Alexander Grant, Pine, American
Doorway, Possibly Alexander Grant, Pine, American
Doorway, Possibly Alexander Grant, Pine, American
Doorway, Possibly Alexander Grant, Pine, American
Doorway, Possibly Alexander Grant, Pine, American

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