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Wallace Nutting Furniture

American, 1861-1941

With a career of producing hand-tinted photographs of New England scenes distributed as prints, Wallace Nutting was widely known in the early 20th century when millions of copies of his work were sold. Of the hundreds of professional photographers who were active in the pictorialist genre and competing for the tourist trade, Nutting developed what was by far the largest and most prominent operation, employing nearly 200 colorists, framers and salesmen. He was also a craftsperson, writer and lecturer, and began his career as a Congregational minister. Retiring from the ministry in 1904, he moved from Cranston, Rhode Island, to New York City for a year, then to Southbury, Connecticut, from 1905 to 1912, followed by a move to Framingham, Massachusetts, where he lived for the remainder of his life. Nutting also built furniture, doing reproductions of colonial pieces, including chairs and cabinets. His writings included 20 books such as Old New England Pictures, Furniture of the Pilgrim Century and Virginia Beautiful. Nutting signed very few of the pictures he sold. Because of the sheer number sold, ten million by his own account, it would have been difficult in light of ill health and his interest in publishing and furniture-making for him to sign them all. This accounts for the various signature styles that can be found. Collectors have learned to recognize an authorized signature as well as Wallace Nutting's own. Signature styles can date a picture, and the combination of other elements can authenticate a signature.

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Three Antique Wallace Nutting Interior Prints Framed, C1920
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Big Flats, NY
Three Antique Wallace Nutting Interior Prints, Framed, C1920 Measures- 1) Blue Skirt: 7.75''H x 9.75''W x .75''D; 2) Redish Skirt: 7.75''H x 9...
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Early 20th Century Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Paper

Wallace Nutting #393 Pilgrim Ladder Back Side Chairs - a Pair
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Parkesburg, PA
# 393 Pilgrim Ladder Back Side Chairs - a Pair Hardwood Construction, Rush Bottom ( Maple with Rush Bottom ) Good Original Condition, Signed Back Height 43"H, Seat Height 18"H, Se...
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Early 20th Century North American American Classical Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Rush

Wallace Nutting #408 Bow Back Windsor Arm Chair
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Wallace Nutting #408 Bow Back Windsor Arm Chair Circa 1900 - 1925 Original Finish Turned Legs, Various Hardwoods Used, and Pine. Sturdy Co...
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1920s American American Craftsman Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Wood

Wallace Nutting #420 Bow Back Windsor Arm Chair
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Wallace Nutting #420 Bow Back Windsor Arm Chair Circa 1900 - 1925 Original Finish and Paper Label Turned Legs, Various Hardwoods Used, and...
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1920s American American Craftsman Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Wood

Wallace Nutting #393 Pilgrim Ladder Back Arm Chair
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Parkesburg, PA
# 393 Pilgrim Ladder Back Arm Chair Hardwood Construction, Rush Bottom ( Maple with Rush Bottom ) Very Good Original Condition, Signed Back Height 4...
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1920s American American Craftsman Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Wood

"A Perkiomen October" Hand-Colored Photograph
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Soquel, CA
"A Perkiomen October" Hand-Colored Photograph Brightly oil paints colored black and white photograph of a pond by Wallace Nutting (American, 1861 - 1941). The viewer looks out across a glass pond, reflecting the scenery above. The pond is surrounded by trees that have been tinted in various shades of yellow, red, and green. Beyond the trees, puffy white clouds hang in a soft blue sky. Signed in the lower right, below the photograph, on the backing mat: Wallace Nutting Titled in the lower left, below the photograph, on the backing mat: A Perkiomen October Tag on verso from the artist. Presented in a wood frame with a tan backing mat. Frame size: 18.5"H x 22.5"W Image size: 10.5"H x 13"W Wallace Nutting (American, 1861-1941) was an American minister, photographer, artist, and antiquarian, who is most famous for his landscape photos of New England. He also was an accomplished author, lecturer, furniture maker, antiques expert and collector. His atmospheric photographs helped spur the Colonial Revival style. Nutting graduated from high school in Augusta, Maine. He studied at Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard University, Hartford Theological Seminary and Union Theological Seminary. He graduated from Harvard with the class of 1887. Nutting earned a Doctor of Divinity degree from Whitman College in 1893. He received an honorary doctor of Humanities from Washington & Jefferson College in 1938. Nutting began his career as a Congregational minister in several towns including Minneapolis, Seattle, and Providence and Fryeburg, Maine, but he was forced to retire at age 43 because of poor health. He suffered from neurasthenia, and turned to bicycling as a means of relaxation and improving his health. It was on these bicycle rides in the countryside that Nutting started taking photographs. In 1904 he opened the Wallace Nutting Art Prints Studio on East 23rd Street in New York. After a year he moved his business to a farm in Southbury, Connecticut. He called this place "Nuttinghame". In 1912 he moved the photography studio to Framingham, Massachusetts, in a home he called "Nuttingholme". That year he published a catalog of prints that was 97 pages and included about 900 images. By 1915, Nutting claimed to be earning $1,000 per day. Nutting's photographs ranged in subject and price to suit a variety of tastes. His catalog included pastoral scenes such as views of abbeys, cathedrals, bridges, mountains, flowers, and winding roads. One of his most common themes was "Colonials", which were photos of women...
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Early 20th Century Photorealist Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Oil, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Wallace Nutting Tavern Table #660
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Parkesburg, PA
Wallace Nutting Tavern Table #660 Circa 1920's Hardwood Construction, Single Dovetailed Drawer, Joined Stretcher Base. Writing Desk or Work / Tavern Table Original Finish and Good...
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Early 20th Century North American Federal Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Hardwood

Wallace Nutting Signed "The Last Word" Hand Colored Photo Lithograph
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A rare 1910 Hand Colored Photographic Lithograph artwork print Titled "The Last Word" signed by an American photographer Wallace Nutting in pencil on the mat board. This print is in ...
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1910s Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Paper

Wallace Nutting, Pr. Hand Colored Landscape Photographs, Signed, USA, C.1921
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Chatham, ON
WALLACE NUTTING (1861-1941) - Pair of fine antique hand colored black and white New England landscape photographs - each mounted with sepia borders to backboards - near matching gilt...
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Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Softwood, Paper, Glass

Early 20th C. Hand Tinted Interior Scene Photographs by Wallace Nutting c.1910
By Wallace Nutting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Early 20th Century Hand Tinted Interior Scene Photographs by Wallace Nutting C.1910 Antique photographs - highly detailed - hand colored Signed by Nutting One photo measur...
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Early 20th Century Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Photographic Paper

Wallace Nutting Antique Hand Colored Photograph c.1910 Pencil Signed
By Wallace Nutting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wallace Nutting Antique Hand Colored Photograph Photo dimensions 75" wide x 9.5" high The frame measures 14" wide x 18" high The pho...
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Early 20th Century Photorealist Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Photographic Paper

Massachusetts Beautiful by Wallace Nutting, Signed First Edition Thus
By Wallace Nutting
Located in valatie, NY
Massachusetts Beautiful by Wallace Nutting. Old America, Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. 1935. First Edition Thus Signed hardcover no dust jacket. Part of His "States Beautiful" series. With many black and white photographs and illustrations of localities throughout the state of Massachusetts...
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1930s American Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Paper

Blossoms at the Bend
By Wallace Nutting
Located in Missouri, MO
Hand-Colored Photo Lithograph Signed in Pen Lower Right Titled in Pen Lower Left Wallace Nutting (1861 - 1941) With a career of producing hand-tinted photographs of New England scenes distributed as prints, Wallace Nutting was widely known in the early 20th century when millions of copies of his work were sold. "Of the hundreds of professional photographers who were active in the pictorialist genre and competing for the tourist trade, Nutting developed what was by far the largest and most prominent operation, employing nearly 200 colorists, framers, and salesmen." (2447) He was also a craftsperson, writer and lecturer, and began his career as a Congregational minister. Retiring from the ministry in 1904, he moved from Cranston, Rhode Island to New York City for a year, then to Southbury, Connecticut from 1905 to 1912, followed by a move to Framingham, Massachusetts where he lived for the remainder of his life. Nutting also built furniture, doing reproductions of colonial pieces including chairs and cabinets. His writings included 20 books such as Old New England Pictures, Furniture of the Pilgrim...
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Early 20th Century Naturalistic Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Lithograph

Wallace Nutting General Catalogue, Supreme Edition
By Wallace Nutting
Located in valatie, NY
Wallace Nutting General Catalogue, Supreme Edition. Exton: Schiffer Limited, 1977. A reprinted edition soft cover. A catalogue of Wallace Nutting's furniture originally published in ...
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20th Century American Wallace Nutting Furniture

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Paper

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Wallace Nutting furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of paper and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Wallace Nutting furniture, although white editions of this piece are particularly popular. Prices for Wallace Nutting furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $29 and can go as high as $2,950, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $408.

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