Details
Creator Hand, Alfred, photographer.
Title Parlor of Grumblethorp, showing chair given to Wister family by Count Zinzendorf, founder of Moravian church in Penna. [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1921
Date October 24, 1921
Physical Description 2 negatives: glass; 11 x 8 cm. (4 x 3.25 in.)
Description View of parlor, looking toward a corner mantel, in front of which sits an ornately carved round table, a heavily carved side chair and a slatted arm chair with a beat-up fabric seat. Includes three large wooden chairs, showing the chair given to Wister family by Count Zinzendorf, the founder of the Moravian church in Pennsylvania. A large lamp, a wooden cannister and many books sit on the table. In the background is a large, five shelf curio stand full of items. The mantel supports urns, a figurine and a pair of crystal pieces. Paintings, a portrait and a photograph are visible on the walls. Charles Jones Wister performed various alterations to the interior of the house in 1806.
Notes Inscribed in negative: 3850 & 3851.
Title from negative sleeve.
Grumblethorpe built in 1744 by Philadelphia wine merchant John Wister. His house was the first in Germantown built solely for summer residency and greatly exceeded the dimensions of the homes around it, giving it the nickname "Wister's Big House."
Subject Agnew, James, d. 1777 -- Death and burial.
Wister, Charles Jones -- Homes and haunts.
Wister, Johannes, 1708-1789 -- Homes and haunts.
Grumblethorpe (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Fireplaces -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Furniture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Mantels -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Parlors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Germantown Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 5261-5267.
Genre Glass plate negatives -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| 4x5 Glass Negatives - Hand [P.9259.156 & 157]
Accession number P.9259.156
P.9259.157