Domestic Furnishings

Washboards, armchairs, lamps, and pots and pans may not seem to be museum pieces. But they are invaluable evidence of how most people lived day to day, last week or three centuries ago. The Museum's collections of domestic furnishings comprise more than 40,000 artifacts from American households. Large and small, they include four houses, roughly 800 pieces of furniture, fireplace equipment, spinning wheels, ceramics and glass, family portraits, and much more.

The Arthur and Edna Greenwood Collection contains more than 2,000 objects from New England households from colonial times to mid-1800s. From kitchens of the past, the collections hold some 3,300 artifacts, ranging from refrigerators to spatulas. The lighting devices alone number roughly 3,000 lamps, candleholders, and lanterns.

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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.885A
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62.885A
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.875G
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62.875G
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171126
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CE.62.883Hab
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62.883Hab
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.880Bab
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62.880Bab
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CE.62.875A
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62.875A
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.875F
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62.875F
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.875K
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62.875K
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.875Y
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62.875Y
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.877B
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62.877B
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.878
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62.878
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.876ab
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62.876ab
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171126
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.875Vc
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62.875Vc
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171126
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.883I
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62.883I
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.873F
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62.873F
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.883R
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62.883R
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.885C
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62.885C
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171126
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.872
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62.872
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171126
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.875E
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62.875E
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.875AB
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62.875AB
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.875O
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62.875O
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.886A
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62.886A
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171126
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.874Aab
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62.874Aab
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.874Bab
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62.874Bab
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Enoch Wood and Sons
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CE.62.874C
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62.874C
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171126

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