 Join Music at Eden's Edge in a Musical Tribute to the Nathaniel Felton, Sr. House!
North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, June 26, 8:00 pm Music at Eden's Edge, the North Shore's own resident chamber music ensemble, presents the world premiere of Structures, a musical tribute to five of the North Shore's most intriguing early buildings, including the Peabody Historical Society's Nathaniel Felton, Sr. House! A Salem, MA, resident interested in both history and architecture, Wallace weaves his passion for the connective tissues of history and buildings into a fascinating and unique work. Share his musical vision of Salem's House of the Seven Gables, the Rebecca Nurse House in Danvers, the Nathaniel Felton, Sr. House in Peabody, the First Religious Society in Newburyport and the Rev. John Wise House in Essex. Structures is programmed in an eclectic matrix of music with emerging themes of light and dark. You will be enchanted by the dark Krommer Bassoon Quartet in E Flat with two violas; beguiled by Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasilieras No. 2; and fascinated by the Martinu String Trio and the Reger Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola. Artists for these must-see/must hear events are Orlando Cela, Flute; Neil Fairbairn, Bassoon; Mark Berger, Viola; Maria Benotti, Violin and Viola; and Sarah Freiberg, Cello. This performance will be held at the North Shore Arts Association in Gloucester on Saturday, June 26 at 8:00 pm. For more information or to order tickets, visit www.edensedge.org or call 978.270.4463.  If These Walls Could Talk: Rare Wallpapers Found in the Historic Sutton-Peirson House
By Lyn Fitzgerald, Curatorial Assistant In March of 2009, the Peabody Historical Society & Museum acquired the Sutton-Peirson House, a Gothic Revival structure dating to circa 1847. The house was in danger of being demolished when the Society moved it from its original location on Aborn Street to a lot next to the Osborne-Salata House on Washington Street. Recent restoration of the Sutton-Peirson House has revealed numerous historic wallpapers preserved beneath contemporary papers and decorative moldings. These papers, which date from the mid-19th to the early 20th centuries, afford the Society a rare opportunity to study changing tastes in interior design over the past one hundred and sixty-two years. From the Neo-Gothic, Rococo Revival, and Arts & Crafts movements of the 19th century, to the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles of the 20th century, these wallpapers truly reflect the eras in which they were made. Read the entire article. Part I, Part II  
Gothic Revival Wallpaper, detail Art Deco Wallpaper, detail Late 1840s, Sutton-Peirson House 1920s, Sutton Peirson House Peabody Historical Society Receives $6000 Preservation Assistance Grant from the NEH The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Peabody Historical Society a $6000 Preservation Assistance Grant to support the conservation assessment and re-housing of its important collections of samplers, quilts and wedding gowns. Camille Breeze, a textile conservator with expertise in storage design, will provide detailed condition reports for these textiles, as well as recommendations and priorities for future conservation treatments. She will also work with Society staff on a plan to upgrade the storage area, and NEH funds will be used to purchase new shelving and storage materials for these collections. An essential component of the project is the development of a team of volunteers, board members and an intern who will work with Breeze and Society staff to re-house these collections. The team will be instructed on the proper procedures for handling and storing textiles and how to enter catalog records for these items in the Society's collections database. The NEH grant will support the immediate preservation needs of the samplers, quilts and wedding gowns, while providing a model for the future assessment and re-housing of the entire costumes and textiles collection. back to top
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