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Detail, Garden of Hearts chest, Historic Deerfield
Daniel Sousa of Historic Deerfield will share the history and recent rediscovery of a tour-de-force of Arts and Crafts design, Madeline Yale Wynne’s Garden of Hearts chest.
In 1903, Madeline Yale Wynne, a proponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement working in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and Chicago, Illinois, constructed an oak bride’s chest ornamented with paint, decorative carving, hammered copper panels, wrought iron hinges, and semi-precious stones. Known as Garden of Hearts for its landscape of three inverted heart-shaped trees along a winding river, this chest is a tour-de-force of Arts and Crafts design and showcases Wynne’s talents as a painter, ... view more »
ADMISSION INFO
$10 Nichols House Museum Member; $15 General Admission; $8 Student/Discounted
Phone: (617) 227-6993
Email: info@nicholshousemuseum.org
Website: https://www.nicholshousemuseum.org/events/garden-of-hearts/
LOCATION
20 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02108