The
Woodworkers of Windsor:
A
Community of Craftsmen, 1635-1715
September 15, 2003 – August 14, 2004
North Gallery
This landmark exhibition of Windsor’s Puritan-era furniture
illustrates the early settlement period of Connecticut’s first English
town. Thirteen joined and
carved chests and boxes, made of unseasoned, native oak, reveal many of
the successes and challenges of early settlement and bring to light the
critical cooperative networks on which Windsor’s English immigrants
depended. The exhibition
explores several communities of Windsor woodworkers, how furniture
pieces were designed and constructed, and how they functioned in the
home.
