What is in a name? Rediscovering the Forgotten Significance of “Clover Fields” and its Influence on Interior Decoration Decisions. Also, Wellness Tourism in the Early Nineteenth Century.
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Negotiating Friendship, Courtship, and Love in the Eighteenth Century
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In honor of the recent Valentine’s Day holiday, this month’s newsletter highlights stories of romantic relationships involving the Hemsley family. Also in this issue is new research on artist John Hesselius (1728-1778), his work, and his family connection with Cloverfields.
Read MoreIn This Issue: Completion of the Ice House, and Imagining a Summer Meal with the Hemsleys. Also, Restoration Team Members Win Four Awards.
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The reconstruction of the ice house and wellhead. Restoration Team Members Win Four Awards. Summer entertaining at Cloverfields.
Read MoreIn This Edition, a New Art Acquisition, and Reconsidering the Attic
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A life in Profile: Acquiring the silhouette of Colonel Joseph Forman, Reconsidering the Attic, The Invention of Comfort.
Read MoreRecreating a Missing Staircase
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The Discovery of a Missing Staircase. Plus Stairs and Status.
Read MoreCloverfields as of August 2020: An Extraordinary Find In The Eighteenth-Century Roof
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Learn about how the eighteenth-century roofers working at Cloverfields “swept the valley” and “combed the ridge” of the shingles they installed—and about how sometimes they did not, and instead, they used very thin shingles. These slender shingles and the way they were manipulated and installed constitute, according to historian Willie Graham, an “extraordinary find.”
Read MoreCloverfields as of August 2019: Archaeologist Jason Tyler, RPA, Discusses The 300-Year Story Of The Back Kitchen
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The 1784 version of the Cloverfields house had a service wing off the rear of the main house. In the video featured in this newsletter, Jason Tyler, RPA, discusses the history of this wing, since the original building of the house in the year 1705 up to now.
Read MoreCloverfields as of July 2019: Period Nails Help Date Different Sections of the House and The Structural Frame is Repaired
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In this month’s video historian Willie Graham discusses four different nails: a rose head nail from 1704-5, an early machine-headed cut nail from the 1830s-40s, and L-headed brad from late 18th century, and a common wire nail from 1897. Graham also explains to us how these nails fill in gaps in the chronology of the Cloverfields house.
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