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Paul Revere Memorial Association Lecture Series: The Best Workman in the Shop: Cabinetmaker William Monroe of Concord, Massachusetts

When
September 24, 2014
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
Old South Meeting House

Paul Revere Memorial Association Lecture Series

Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts Furniture: Form, Function, and Fabrication

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. This event is FREE and open to the public. This series is made possible by a grant from the Lowell Institute.

Old South Meeting House