Quillcote interior - The Painted Room

Photograph

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Saco Museum

Name/Title

Quillcote interior - The Painted Room

Entry/Object ID

1993.21.197

Description

Glass plate negative photo of the interior of the Quillcote house, author Kate Douglas Wiggin's residence in Hollis, Maine. This image of "The Painted Room" has appeared on postcards. Many of these postcards of Quillcote are still widely available today and sold by antique ephemera dealers. The wall murals in the Quillcote house are attributed to artist Rufus Porter, circa 1820.

Made/Created

Artist

Bradbury Jr., Gibeon E.

Date made

circa 1913 - circa 1923

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in