Door Frame, Two Doors, Ceramic Tiles from 236 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Object Label
This doorway comes from a brownstone row house at 236 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn. It was salvaged in 1952 when the house was razed. In 1953, it was installed in the Museum as you see now. The floor tiles were made in England. The set of inner doors was not salvaged.
Caption
Unknown Maker American. Door Frame, Two Doors, Ceramic Tiles from 236 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, ca. 1850. Wood, colorless glass, pigment, earthenware tiles, metal, 119 1/2 x 62 x 54 in. (303.5 x 157.5 x 137.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 2016.1. Creative Commons-BY
Collection
Maker
Title
Door Frame, Two Doors, Ceramic Tiles from 236 Clermont Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Date
ca. 1850
Geography
Place used: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Wood, colorless glass, pigment, earthenware tiles, metal
Classification
Dimensions
119 1/2 x 62 x 54 in. (303.5 x 157.5 x 137.2 cm)
Credit Line
Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number
2016.1
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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Frequent Art Questions
Was all of this all (except the floor & walls) actually moved and installed in the museum exactly how it was in its original location? Or was this put together to represent the house as it was?
This corridor is built from a few different houses. The door way that you photographed is from a house here in Brooklyn, 236 Clermont Ave. This room you photographed, on the other hand, comes from a house in Saratoga Springs that belonged to the Milligan Family.There are a few full houses in the museum as well where you can see the way they were actually laid out!Ok, so each of these rooms in the hallway comes from different homes?Most of them, yes! The two rooms at the end, a parlor and a library, are connected, and both come from the Milligan house.
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