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Wadsworth-Longfellow House

Centennial Restoration 1997-2002 Source List

Compiled by Laura Fecych Sprague, restoration curator

Alphabetical by Material

Masonry Richard Irons; Limerick, ME 207-793-4655

Plaster: Andrew Ladygo, Architectural Conservation Services, Manchester by the Sea, MA 978-525-3090

Peter Lord, Lord Plaster & Paint, Limington, ME 207-793-2957

Textiles

Bed/window curtains

Manufacturer: Brunschwig & Fils Inc., Boston 800-992-5446

Patterns & fabrication: Holly Ihloff, Casco, ME 207-627-7561

Research: Natalie Larsen, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA 757-565-8498

Textile documents:

Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME 207-774-1822

Collections dept., Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA 978-745-9500

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Haverhill, MA 978-521-4788

Carpeting

Woodward Grosvenor Co., Ltd., wall-to-wall & stair carpet:

John Burrows, J.R. Burrows & Co., Rockport, MA 800-347-1795

Painted canvas floorcloth: Marylou Davis, Woodstock, CT 860-963-7227

Handwoven hall carpet: Woodard & Greenstein, NYC 800 332-7847

Sisal: Merida Meridian, Inc., Boston 617-464-5400

Upholstery

Reproduction fabric: Brunschwig & Fils, Boston 800 992-5446

Slipcovers: Holly Ihloff, Casco, ME 207-627-7561

Wallpaper

Custom Reproduction: Christian Cordes, Brunschwig & Fils, N. White, Plains, NY 914 -684-5800

Custom Reproduction: Scalamandre, Boston 617-739-6046

Digital Design: Eric Eaton, Deliberate Design, Portland ME 207-838-0142

Digital Printing: ICL Imaging, Framingham, MA 508-872-3280

Installation: Gregory Kirk, Portland, ME 207- 773-2043

Research: Creamer Sample Book, Collections Dept., Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA 978-745-9500

Woodwork

Painting: Gregory Kirk, Portland, ME 207- 773-2043

Paint: Pratt-Lambert, Pond Cove Paint, Portland, ME 207-874-0937

Preservation: Caleb Hemphill, Falmouth, ME 207-878-9351

David Webb, Newburyport, MA 978-462-9312

Microscopic Analysis: Brian Powell, Building Conservation Associates, Dedham, MA 781-329-4145

Shutter Hardware Reproduction: David Burtt, Flying Point Forge, Freeport, ME 207-865-1627

Windows: Mark Bagala, Portland, ME 207-878-6306

Sources to accompany the article, “Rethinking Restoration at the Wadsworth-Longfellow House” by Laura Fecych Sprague in Early American Life, Volume 35, Number 1, February 2004.

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