Wallace Nutting Furniture
With a career of producing hand-tinted photographs of New England scenes distributed as prints, Wallace Nutting was widely known in the early 20th century when millions of copies of his work were sold. Of the hundreds of professional photographers who were active in the pictorialist genre and competing for the tourist trade, Nutting developed what was by far the largest and most prominent operation, employing nearly 200 colorists, framers and salesmen. He was also a craftsperson, writer and lecturer, and began his career as a Congregational minister. Retiring from the ministry in 1904, he moved from Cranston, Rhode Island, to New York City for a year, then to Southbury, Connecticut, from 1905 to 1912, followed by a move to Framingham, Massachusetts, where he lived for the remainder of his life. Nutting also built furniture, doing reproductions of colonial pieces, including chairs and cabinets. His writings included 20 books such as Old New England Pictures, Furniture of the Pilgrim Century and Virginia Beautiful. Nutting signed very few of the pictures he sold. Because of the sheer number sold, ten million by his own account, it would have been difficult in light of ill health and his interest in publishing and furniture-making for him to sign them all. This accounts for the various signature styles that can be found. Collectors have learned to recognize an authorized signature as well as Wallace Nutting's own. Signature styles can date a picture, and the combination of other elements can authenticate a signature.
Early 20th Century North American American Classical Wallace Nutting Furniture
Rush
1920s American American Craftsman Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture
Wood
1920s American American Craftsman Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture
Wood
Early 20th Century North American Federal Wallace Nutting Furniture
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Photorealist Wallace Nutting Furniture
Oil, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
1910s Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture
Paper
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Wallace Nutting Furniture
Softwood, Paper, Glass
Early 20th Century Wallace Nutting Furniture
Photographic Paper
Early 20th Century Photorealist Wallace Nutting Furniture
Photographic Paper
1930s American Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture
Paper
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Wallace Nutting Furniture
Lithograph
20th Century American Wallace Nutting Furniture
Paper
Early 20th Century Wallace Nutting Furniture
Paper
1920s American American Craftsman Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture
Wood
1990s Dutch Modern Wallace Nutting Furniture
Paper
20th Century Country Wallace Nutting Furniture
Bentwood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wallace Nutting Furniture
Fabric, Walnut
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Wallace Nutting Furniture
Maple
20th Century American Country Wallace Nutting Furniture
Maple
Early 20th Century Dutch Shaker Wallace Nutting Furniture
Wicker, Wood
Mid-19th Century American Federal Antique Wallace Nutting Furniture
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary American Rustic Wallace Nutting Furniture
Wood
Early 19th Century British Antique Wallace Nutting Furniture
Elm
2010s British Scandinavian Modern Wallace Nutting Furniture
Alpaca, Beech, Oak
Late 19th Century American Shaker Antique Wallace Nutting Furniture
Wood, Paint
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Wallace Nutting Furniture
Rush, Maple
Early 20th Century Wallace Nutting Furniture
Paper
Early 20th Century North American American Craftsman Wallace Nutting Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Colonial Revival Wallace Nutting Furniture
Maple
Early 20th Century American William and Mary Wallace Nutting Furniture
Brass
1930s Romantic Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture
Glass, Wood, Paper
1920s American Vintage Wallace Nutting Furniture
Paper
Early 20th Century American American Colonial Wallace Nutting Furniture
Maple
20th Century American Wallace Nutting Furniture
Wood
20th Century American Wallace Nutting Furniture
Paper
Mid-20th Century American Federal Wallace Nutting Furniture
Mahogany