Saturday, July 25, 2026 (continued)
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The Dana-Spencer Textile Galleries at Hat & Fragrance
(c 1800 as a distillery) |
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| Bandbox Room |
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Pieced Log Patch Quilt Top (1920, by
Juliette Baker Mitchell); Shelburne Museum was
the first museum to exhibit quilts as works of art |
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Alphabet Sampler with Scroll and Flower Painting
(c 1835, by Hannah Merrill) |
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| The smallest of the Helen Bruce Miniatures |
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Many of the miniatures were displayed
in vitrines, such as this Pet Shop |
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| Closeup of the Pet Shop |
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A special exhibition, titled On Point: Needlework
from the Garthwaite Family Collection; Sewing Box
for Mary Frances Swan Southgate (c 1840-1850) |
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Pictorial Sampler (c 1810-1815,
by Hester Leavenworth) |
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Burdick-Child's Quilt (1876, attributed to
Minnie Melissa Burdick) was chosen for the
America 250 tribute as it shows two scenes from the
1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia (third row
down, second block from left depicts the
Women's Pavilion and fourth row down,
second block from right shows Memorial Hall
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| Hooked Rug with Moose |
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Toy Shop (c 1949) and Variety Unit (1835 as a residence
and the only structure original to the museum site |
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| Toy Shop display |
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| An American Flyer model railroad (1950s) |
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A room in the Variety Unit recreates Webb's Long Island
Colonial Revival-style dining room with 19C French wallpaper |
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| Swan Soup Tureens (1755) |
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Scrimshaw Swift (mid-19C) was used
to measure skeins of yarn, and is made
from whale jawbone and teeth |
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Part of the Glass Cane Collection that
was amassed from four different collectors |
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| Glassware |
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William Paley Trivet Collection with
wood-block printed hatbox decorations
above the display cases |
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The Jug Room with cabinetry and
wallpaper from her Long Island home |
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| English Gothic Dollhouse furnished by Webb |
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| The second floor was full of dolls |
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| Clown on Globe (19C French) |
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Schoolhouse (c 1840) was the first
building moved to the museum |
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| Furnished as a typical 19C rural school |
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Stagecoach Inn (1783 in Georgian style, moved 1949)
features the renowned Folk Art Collection |
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George Washington on Horseback
(early 19C) is an America 250 item |
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| Weathervanes and Whirligigs |
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| Trade Signs (KSS) |
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| Show Figures: Captain Jinks (c 1879) |
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| Whimsies: Maple Syruping |
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| Whimsies: Squirrel Cage (c 1900) |
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Whimsies: The Wind (1900-1955,
by Gustaf Hertzberg from a tree burl) |
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An America 250 pick: Eagle (mid-19C,
by Laban Smith-Beecher) |
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Covered Bridge (1845) with two lanes and footpath...
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| ...is a Burr Arch Truss bridge (parallel chord and arch truss) |
Next: Shelburne Museum IV.
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