Revealing Réveillon: See 18th-Century Parisian Wallpaper Conservation Work in Progress in Suffield
Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden to Host Wallpaper Conservation Event in November
Revealing Réveillon
Phelps-Hatheway House • 55 S Main St, Suffield, CT 06078
November 3, 2024
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Revealing Réveillon
Connecticut Landmarks invites visitors to toast the start of conservation work with the team working to stabilize the 18th-century Réveillon wallpaper adorning the Phelps-Hatheway House. This intimate gathering and demonstration will take place on Sunday, November 3rd with sessions at 1 pm and 2:30 pm. Proceeds from this event benefit the wallpaper conservation project at the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden, supported in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
Attendees will enjoy exclusive access to the expertise of conservators from Studio TKM Associates, who will explain and demonstrate their work caring for the papers. Attendees are invited to learn about the house and its residents while imagining the turbulence of the 1790s as two nations attempted to assert their independence—and their identities. Tickets are available for purchase here.
In 1788, Oliver Phelps purchased a center chimney house in Suffield from Shem Burbank. A budding land speculator in the tumultuous years after the American Revolution, Phelps commissioned the addition of a large wing that may have served to entertain potential clients. The wing features five splendid Parisian Louis XVI wallpapers printed between 1791-95 by Jacquemart et Bernard with wood blocks made by Jean-Baptiste Réveillon. Today, it is one of the oldest, largest extant wallpaper collections in the United States contained within one of the most complete collections of late 18th-century woodworking and interior decoration.
Connecticut Landmarks is honored to be recipients of a Save America’s Treasures grant to support this project, awarded by the National Park Service in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
“While the wallpaper at the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden is in spectacular condition given its age, regular wear, light, and weather changes have impacted it over more than 200 years. We are grateful for the opportunity to take proactive steps to holistically care for the paper and educate others about the conservation process along the way,” said Lynn Mervosh, site administrator at the Phelps-Hatheway House & Garden.
Following a competitive proposal process, this project will allow Connecticut Landmarks to work with experts from Studio TKM Associates, who are assessing and documenting the condition of the paper, analyzing key color and design elements for conservation, and stabilizing the paper in place so that it will continue to be a resource for scholars and a treasure for visitors over the next two centuries and beyond.
Donations can be made to support the project at here.
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