Viewing page 177 of 382

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

Aug 18th 1915
Dedham

County court by Bullfinch. 
Exterior very simple & fine. Interior altered.
Beautiful green, two chimnies 
Many fine houses

Historical Society Gothic 
leather box with old [[Indents?]] 
bought art by Michael 
Fairbanks very wonderful 
bad state  Italian 
16th cent - Intarsea [[Intarsia]] chest 
Could he have been to an 
Italian University born 
1658 America 1698. Old 
Carved English Arm 
chair. Fine black & 
gold lacquer wall clock 
from church.

Fairbanks house 1636 
like English cottage 
Oak imported & glass 
leaded windows. Now a 
corporation - Just like 

Transcription Notes:
Charles Bulfinch, architect Intarsia = an elaborate form of marquetry using inlays in wood, especially as practiced in 15th-century Italy.