Furnishing the Frontier: The Material World of the Connecticut River Valley, 1680-1720

At the end of the 17th century fewer than 50 families lived in small houses with one or two-rooms and a garret, clustered within and around a protective stockade in Deerfield. Only the wealthiest owned luxury goods such as a clock, refined textiles, or perhaps several silver spoons. This exhibition features objects drawn from Historic Deerfield’s collection, many with local histories.