Lowell Lecture
Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts Furniture: Form, Function, and Fabrication
Date & Time
Sept. 24, 2014
Location
Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street Boston, MA 02108
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
David F. Wood, Curator, Concord Museum
Presenting Organization
Paul Revere Memorial Association
Topics
Lecture #4, 2014 Paul Revere Memorial Association Lecture Series Lecture Title: The Best Workman in the Shop: Cabinetmaker William Monroe of Concord, Massachusetts In June, 1800, 21 year-old cabinetmaker William Munroe arrived in Concord with a set of tools and $3.40 in cash. Forty years later he proudly recorded having more than $20,000 in assets, a remarkable achievement for a craftsman. Concord Museum Curator David F. Wood will describe how, influenced by fashion and international politics and motivated by self-esteem and good food, William Munroe steered a path through the treacherous economic landscape of Federal New England and along the way helped make some of the most beautiful clocks the new nation ever produced.