Setting a holiday table at the BDC

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeUL8w6BUyYPgbbxF2K933qAUoByioGpQMYCV9GYIc7JuYsNBL-E5HxTXyY-XDPPPKUZm1JJq4bzJ6extJRdE_YbUPzi-1i3NAPgqNZBk2uT_KMRJ3TN3gQ0B9kXcljUqutiKzcGJwEXX/s1600/BarCart%2540BDC.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552144144650083778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeUL8w6BUyYPgbbxF2K933qAUoByioGpQMYCV9GYIc7JuYsNBL-E5HxTXyY-XDPPPKUZm1JJq4bzJ6extJRdE_YbUPzi-1i3NAPgqNZBk2uT_KMRJ3TN3gQ0B9kXcljUqutiKzcGJwEXX/s400/BarCart%2540BDC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Mix natural elements with a generous serving of shiny objects, add a dash of artistic details along with a shot of traditional touches, and your holiday setting is sure to sparkle!</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Last week I attended a <a href="http://www.bostondesign.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Boston Design Center</a> lecture and presentation featuring holiday table settings as influenced by <a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Historic New England</span></a> properties and collections. The table settings were displayed on the 6th floor of the BDC, where the yearly <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dream Home</span> event takes place (<a href="http://www.bostondesign.com/dreamhome/2008/tour/tour-library.php?id=01#a">click here</a> after reading this post to see views of designed spaces<br />from previous shows).<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYetn3kULz9nyl9mS-WqbgRFeAWrHUBQ7sLCjHqIS-8n_XhNh7zEskBLkIqlr17EwWn0M3RMlxUr_1Kn_0rxF3tl-1BBwvYZzz2szvZEx_SM_2hbdGV_uyRjuoajhwxbWzLBSthyphenhyphen3Y6PD/s1600/Neptune1%253AGropius%2540BDC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552144136945974354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBYetn3kULz9nyl9mS-WqbgRFeAWrHUBQ7sLCjHqIS-8n_XhNh7zEskBLkIqlr17EwWn0M3RMlxUr_1Kn_0rxF3tl-1BBwvYZzz2szvZEx_SM_2hbdGV_uyRjuoajhwxbWzLBSthyphenhyphen3Y6PD/s400/Neptune1%253AGropius%2540BDC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">One of three tablescapes on display at the BDC</span> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/Gropius%20House/photographic-tour-of-gropius-house/Dining%20room/view"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552148814895331010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-GX9_Y7VsrioLDyDpLLpT2hDumcc4sAoa5bx-jmTk_h8EYXV4cs_T3DQMi1xZXePL0WthAUqVsI9gDgHbrp4IrLKUrP_9eX9QuA792zo0N4OG5wpGsqAlV2USby6aBme4EZrYnqm5Scj/s400/GropiusDiningRoomHistoricNE.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A Bauhaus-influenced Dining Room, circa 1938</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Gropius House</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> of Lincoln, Massachusetts</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">{Photo from </span><a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/Gropius%20House/photographic-tour-of-gropius-house/Dining%20room/view" style="font-style: italic;">Historic New England</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> website}</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/Gropius%20House"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Gropius House</span></a> was the inspiration behind one of the three modernly-festive tablecapes.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Gropius House</span> was the New England home of Walter Gropius, founder of the German design school known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bauhaus</span></a>, and his family members from 1938 to 1983. His wife, Ise, willed the property to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Historic New England</span> (at the time it was called <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities</span>) to be used as an historic house museum. Wendy Hubbard of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Historic New England</span> presented numerous images of this unique property including this view of its modern dining room. Note the pair of <a href="http://www.dwr.com/category/designers/v-z/sori-yanagi.do">Sori Yanagi Butterfly Stools</a> by the fireplace, leather and chrome chairs by <a href="http://www.dwr.com/category/designers/a-c/marcel-breuer.do">Marcel Breuer</a>, and the round <a href="http://www.dwr.com/category/designers/r-t/eero+saarinen.do">Eero Saarinen</a> tulip table which were loosely interpretted with modern design pieces from the BDC, along with items from the <a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/shop/collection-of-reproductions">collection of reproductions</a> offered for purchase through<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Historic New England</span>.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulejC71Zb88tq7jWUIqQtoIA7DAqfpKzbiu8BGJpZUe8yB_cAV7b2RhcyHcm7CL-NlLTu4Pe1G0X_3N9p5arq-xcXJ1DG4YDkP3bmSeBYaSOFoz-jN_MHlESOTN9acUSGVZ9zwKtMZvvj/s1600/GropiusTableSetting%2540BDC.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulejC71Zb88tq7jWUIqQtoIA7DAqfpKzbiu8BGJpZUe8yB_cAV7b2RhcyHcm7CL-NlLTu4Pe1G0X_3N9p5arq-xcXJ1DG4YDkP3bmSeBYaSOFoz-jN_MHlESOTN9acUSGVZ9zwKtMZvvj/s1600/GropiusTableSetting%2540BDC.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552145667344605090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulejC71Zb88tq7jWUIqQtoIA7DAqfpKzbiu8BGJpZUe8yB_cAV7b2RhcyHcm7CL-NlLTu4Pe1G0X_3N9p5arq-xcXJ1DG4YDkP3bmSeBYaSOFoz-jN_MHlESOTN9acUSGVZ9zwKtMZvvj/s400/GropiusTableSetting%2540BDC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Placemats were fashioned out of “Shoot for the Moon” wallpaper reproduced by <a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/shop/collection-of-reproductions/the-christopher-norman-collection-2013-waterhouse-wallhangings">Christopher Norman</a> for </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Historic New England,</span> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">and the outside was brought in with this table from <a href="http://www.bostondesign.com/showrooms/janus-et-cie/overview/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Janus et Cie</span></a> adorned with fresh cut greens, pine cones and faux bois silver candlesticks. Simple black and white ceramic Japanese place settings, as favored by Gropius, complete this modern winter tablescape. </span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg266scfyINithMQhhIvAk7jJs0nAMu6F9O-l7GrMIwYAkvx8SSjKNfJ_aZHau1gDdqEy8T-CHJ54c9tCJIlJuM1AJzKfPLF7aj2W-CGd3dEObVPkMB2kashNXCejBUTLGykGHpzGdymixC/s1600/Neptune1%253Afeathertrees%2540BDC.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552144264265330578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg266scfyINithMQhhIvAk7jJs0nAMu6F9O-l7GrMIwYAkvx8SSjKNfJ_aZHau1gDdqEy8T-CHJ54c9tCJIlJuM1AJzKfPLF7aj2W-CGd3dEObVPkMB2kashNXCejBUTLGykGHpzGdymixC/s400/Neptune1%253Afeathertrees%2540BDC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />In the second two vignettes, designers <a href="http://www.n1studios.com/about.html">Susan Newberg and Phylllis Tracy</a> of <a href="http://www.n1studios.com/home.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Neptune 1 Studios</span></a> showcased pieces from their collections of decoupaged plates inspired by historical wall-coverings.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgpnnBDA0Tf5jUd1EIZHnlccXW2Z17WgMWDsz59LPDmZZLaHUEMA1AamteCguGhO60ScdnaInYh96RdvoMld0HYbpRFghFe8g3r4bvqp4Ga1buIwnPt7ES4OFBXPuO478_x3hYPZOFlah/s1600/NavyWallpaper%253ANeptune1%2540BDC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552144133652712162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgpnnBDA0Tf5jUd1EIZHnlccXW2Z17WgMWDsz59LPDmZZLaHUEMA1AamteCguGhO60ScdnaInYh96RdvoMld0HYbpRFghFe8g3r4bvqp4Ga1buIwnPt7ES4OFBXPuO478_x3hYPZOFlah/s400/NavyWallpaper%253ANeptune1%2540BDC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4PwVjTdSep5589CeiA-mE4DjSvBzb0t0Aam0vHh0_EtVR2cR4Shx3Os_Ooij7JeOhyV1vqF922o7EWbQfx1RTxbCKE7apxuUOqjSjZiHzj75p469LtbOv_4J7QsSzTdtJfyopNpexULR/s1600/LeeMansionCollection%2540BDC.jpg"><br /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The dark blue colorway of “Shoot the Moon” provides a rich backdrop to this table setting featuring plates designed with scenic images captured from the 18th-century English wallpaper that still adorns the <a href="http://www.marbleheadmuseum.org/LeeMansion.htm">Jerimiah Lee Mansion</a> in Marblehead, Massachusetts.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4PwVjTdSep5589CeiA-mE4DjSvBzb0t0Aam0vHh0_EtVR2cR4Shx3Os_Ooij7JeOhyV1vqF922o7EWbQfx1RTxbCKE7apxuUOqjSjZiHzj75p469LtbOv_4J7QsSzTdtJfyopNpexULR/s1600/LeeMansionCollection%2540BDC.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552198916975639218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4PwVjTdSep5589CeiA-mE4DjSvBzb0t0Aam0vHh0_EtVR2cR4Shx3Os_Ooij7JeOhyV1vqF922o7EWbQfx1RTxbCKE7apxuUOqjSjZiHzj75p469LtbOv_4J7QsSzTdtJfyopNpexULR/s400/LeeMansionCollection%2540BDC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNo6HkD1dcjkkSXMZP2try_7Ro3IFtFMRRi0u3lverRw1tnVSmYF3kiOXBnicbr_rciBMkKF199ci5iY-yff9dm9UHUd4F-bUrR4hlpkJ568Wy2KFUNb_r7jyYBfFmJTts_0pNWCAFfQv/s1600/Susan%253ARoseanne.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552144784694319602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNo6HkD1dcjkkSXMZP2try_7Ro3IFtFMRRi0u3lverRw1tnVSmYF3kiOXBnicbr_rciBMkKF199ci5iY-yff9dm9UHUd4F-bUrR4hlpkJ568Wy2KFUNb_r7jyYBfFmJTts_0pNWCAFfQv/s320/Susan%253ARoseanne.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 296px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Susan Newberg, whose graphic design expertise has brought new-life to these historic wall-coverings, is pictured here with designer <a href="http://thefocusondesign.blogspot.com/">Rosanne Palazola</a>. All of us have design pieces represented at <a href="http://www.newenglandfineliving.com/retailstore.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New England Fine Living</span></a> in Middleton, Massachusetts. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNX-vdDrWrWXVvuAg69-1Ou9dxCSygVObqQFt63MDyRwsveLglNLJKppu4u8zCyWijskx23RQQ7V-3WTp4Qh_2wcBoiK20s0a7gCB_4WFe_-Q_P1LYafY5Dq2M_nrnerty-KztRzi1lESm/s1600/NancyFaye%253APhyllis%2540BDC.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552144268266022354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNX-vdDrWrWXVvuAg69-1Ou9dxCSygVObqQFt63MDyRwsveLglNLJKppu4u8zCyWijskx23RQQ7V-3WTp4Qh_2wcBoiK20s0a7gCB_4WFe_-Q_P1LYafY5Dq2M_nrnerty-KztRzi1lESm/s400/NancyFaye%253APhyllis%2540BDC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Nancy Faye Glass (a design friend of mine that I met while working on <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2009/09/stevens-estate-receives-design-update.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Stevens Estate</span></a> in North Andover) and Phyllis Tracy are both wearing designer fashions from the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Peabody Essex Museum</span> <a href="http://www.pemshop.com/">boutique</a>. I recognized Nancy’s black and white wool dress-coat as a piece from the <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/2009/12/show-of-fashion.html">Iris Apfel</a> collection.</span></div><br /><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_Mf81ow_pja6eA2NDi0k7ezcqB-FutQ5mpoQOYZBj10Fl3ojf6GNHFMNkjosKT_v6BjacdvbeRNJMFSwPHi6wYwU9eqwyHZdO3Bta3MnwJSE-Hc2MtmJkXT4-SZ2ewCrYsB5HdivGwYA/s1600/Neptune1-holidaysetting%2540BDC.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552144130118601234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO_Mf81ow_pja6eA2NDi0k7ezcqB-FutQ5mpoQOYZBj10Fl3ojf6GNHFMNkjosKT_v6BjacdvbeRNJMFSwPHi6wYwU9eqwyHZdO3Bta3MnwJSE-Hc2MtmJkXT4-SZ2ewCrYsB5HdivGwYA/s400/Neptune1-holidaysetting%2540BDC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Iris would love this third table setting adorned with birds, feathers, and jewel-toned glassware and botanicals. The plates are designed with sectional representations of the pretty and bright floral paper that graces the walls of one of the glamorous rooms in the <a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/Beauport">Beauport Sleeper-McCann House</a> in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Interior decorator <a href="http://www.themagazineantiques.com/articles/the-hidden-magic-of-henry-davis-sleepers-beauport/">Henry Davis Sleeper</a> actually designed homes for members of Hollywood’s elite including Joan Crawford. His design sensibility was intelligently whimsical and theatrical.<br /><br />I am putting “visit the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Beauport</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">”</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">on my 2011 to-do list!<br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusxQ42YsAS5Y_1bXHFa_bVPQ5MClcJdR-hbDau3qq_oz7fV4Z86NhFt9-2M0Fg4-1vOlpjSqBJ9TTQX3Xc6rugUK7mGp9SX8FhZIQm3xcOdMPim9BR07l71FtAH6WYXEhqfm3tmd7dnMP/s1600/Neptune1%2540MartinGroupBDC.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552144147919907234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusxQ42YsAS5Y_1bXHFa_bVPQ5MClcJdR-hbDau3qq_oz7fV4Z86NhFt9-2M0Fg4-1vOlpjSqBJ9TTQX3Xc6rugUK7mGp9SX8FhZIQm3xcOdMPim9BR07l71FtAH6WYXEhqfm3tmd7dnMP/s400/Neptune1%2540MartinGroupBDC.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Neptune 1 Studios</span> <a href="http://www.n1studios.com/bea.html" style="font-weight: bold;">Decor Chinois Collection</a> is available at <a href="http://www.bostondesign.com/showrooms/the-martin-group-inc/overview/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Martin Group</span></a> at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Boston Design Center</span> and online through <a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/shop/collection-of-reproductions/neptune-1-studios"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Historic New England</span></a>. <a href="http://www.n1studios.com/purchase.html">Click here</a> for more retail locations.</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFohvsbZg_OOpvnjB3RAti4X4cwA_wcjHgJ-eqRhAXD8wHJn5WpfVEGeIKbQRm2Ly0QQSGoKTh2JBZ61yeAJZSeSnMd8Hfsnke8ZkKqoy1ziyu_8UsASDB3HNX_mRwph_HcjvzGbsJuUR1/s1600/Neptune1%2540NEFL.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552146369888862098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFohvsbZg_OOpvnjB3RAti4X4cwA_wcjHgJ-eqRhAXD8wHJn5WpfVEGeIKbQRm2Ly0QQSGoKTh2JBZ61yeAJZSeSnMd8Hfsnke8ZkKqoy1ziyu_8UsASDB3HNX_mRwph_HcjvzGbsJuUR1/s400/Neptune1%2540NEFL.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Neptune 1 Studios at New England Fine Living:<br /><a href="http://www.n1studios.com/frost.html">JOJ Frost Collection</a> and <a href="http://www.n1studios.com/mansion.html">The Lee Mansion Collection</a> </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HMdIsHZJMO4PHK78zJIociJ3BR4aECxjoaHusOMjHZztXjPeC-omOL-amjCPqB_NY6ZhFSk7dvxZX3Ha0bUT2QnmXyyQyXyGoHdU4pTk6wfI_F8pZnpM5b2mwLlvLDkxsy_VKr9esZ8D/s1600/NEFLneptune1%253Awall.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552146785421883618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HMdIsHZJMO4PHK78zJIociJ3BR4aECxjoaHusOMjHZztXjPeC-omOL-amjCPqB_NY6ZhFSk7dvxZX3Ha0bUT2QnmXyyQyXyGoHdU4pTk6wfI_F8pZnpM5b2mwLlvLDkxsy_VKr9esZ8D/s400/NEFLneptune1%253Awall.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Neptune 1 Studio’s <a href="http://www.n1studios.com/bowen.html">Ashley Bowen Collection</a><br />is also available at New England Fine Living</span> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><a href="http://www.n1studios.com/custom.html">Contact <span style="font-weight: bold;">Neptune 1 Studios</span></a> if you are interested in carrying their line or commissioning a piece.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />If you are in the design profession in the New England area and are interested in learning more about <span style="font-weight: bold;">Historic New England</span> and their curated collections, they have a new design group membership that includes visits to the historic properties on their register among other benefits. For more details on the<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Ogden Codman Design Group Membership </span><a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/membership-support/membership/membershipcategories/ogden-codman-design-group">click here.</a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/publications/historic-new-england-magazine"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552248476869209890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAl9A31k2c0Lr5y7rdcMfLPc4RH0322ejFS7uLTHr4ht9rDbQlk4d6Q1XHxqa6U3gn2SxoWtQRyekLJUI3YdhKrVCClqoHb8Vjt9jrF30VZwlNrMEVhPGAUjLU0s1SM-z30CF7oiKWPS10/s400/HistoricNEmagazines.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">{Images from <a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/publications/historic-new-england-magazine">Historic New England</a> website}</span></span><br /><br />For a wealth of information on historical architecture and design in New England, </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/publications/historic-new-england-magazine">click here</a> to </span><span style="font-size:130%;">view past issues of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Historic New England Magazine</span> online.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><a href="http://www.historicnewengland.org/publications/historic-new-england-magazine"></a></span><br /><br /><br /></div>

Setting a holiday table at the BDC

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