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Edward Walker (1803-1879); Sophia Ann Shedel Walker (1802-1871). Parents of Bertha Jemima Walker Mather. Oil on canvas; 26 ½” h. x 21 ½” w. (sight size). Circa 1840-1845. < Back American School, Pair of Portraits, Edward Walker & Sophia Walker First Floor - Dining Room Fine Art Edward Walker (1803-1879); Sophia Ann Shedel Walker (1802-1871). Parents of Bertha Jemima Walker Mather. Oil on canvas; 26 ½” h. x 21 ½” w. (sight size). Circa 1840-1845. Finely executed half length portraits of a rosy-cheeked gentleman in black waistcoat and cravat; and of his wife, modestly attired in a black and brown gown with pink and white lace at the neck and kerchief. She wears a gold necklace, garnet brooch, and pink shell buttons on her bodice. Neither is signed. In matching gold-painted period-style frames. Condition is good. Previous Next

Our music series includes a variety of musicians from singers to instrumentalists, and from classical to contemporary. Weather permitting, concerts are outside on the lawn. BYO blanket, beverage and snacks! A list of all concerts, past and future, can be found here. MUSIC AT MATHER Our music series includes a variety of musicians from singers to instrumentalists, and from classical to contemporary. Coming up ... Merry Mather: Celebrate the Season and our Staff! Dec 07, 2025, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM With gratitude for our generous donors and members, we invite you to celebrate the season + our outgoing Executive Director, Heather Raker, plus extend a warm welcome to incoming Executive Director Samantha Gault. Festive cocktails, hors d'oeuvres & sweet treats! Details Past Concerts Please consider becoming a patron of our music events! We will add you to our program and to our list below! Music at Mather Patrons THANK YOU! Lynn Chistopher Meredith Edwards Heather Raker Jolanda Sutherland Tammy Sload

25” h. x 25” w.; circa late 19th /early 20th century. < Back Tombstone-Shaped Cast Iron Fireback First Floor - Parlor Other Decorative Arts 25” h. x 25” w.; circa late 19th /early 20th century. With cast figures of Colonial man and woman in pastoral scene. Note: No documented copies of this fireback have been found; the images suggest the Colonial Revival period of the early 20th century. Copies from original 18th c. casting molds continue to be made thus rendering absolute dating of a used and sooty fireback virtually impossible. Previous Next

Southern New England; 1725-1775, Maple, ash, rush seat < Back Four-Slat Armchair First Floor - Keeping Room Furniture and Hard Furnishings Southern New England; 1725-1775, Maple, ash, rush seat With four arched and bowed slats in the back, the lowest of which missing the upper, bowed half; baluster turnings on the rear posts and turned finials; front posts, ending in ball feet. Legs are joined by ash double side and maple front stretchers and a single ash rear stretcher; rush seat; originally painted. Refinished in a clear coating. Condition is good given age and use. Previous Next

Southwestern Connecticut or New York, 1760-1800 Cherry, whitewood; 73 ⅞" h. x 42 ¼" w. x 20 ⅝" d. < Back High Chest of Drawers (or “Highboy”) First Floor - Dining Room Furniture and Hard Furnishings Southwestern Connecticut or New York, 1760-1800 Cherry, whitewood; 73 ⅞" h. x 42 ¼" w. x 20 ⅝" d. The two-part high chest of drawers has an upper case containing five full-width graduated drawers, a projecting cornice, and fluted chamfered corners with lambrequins at the top and bottom. Lower case stands on cabriole legs ending in pad feet; a full width drawer over three smaller, side-by-side drawers, the middle of which is shallower. The decoratively undercut front skirt has a central three-lobed drop flanked by ogees. Brasses are replacements; former holes are plugged. Drawer linings are 3/4-inch thick, indicative of manufacture in a small town or village. An oral history maintains that this high chest has long been in the Mather homestead since 1933. Previous Next

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New England, 1725-1750 Cherry, maple, oak, white pine, poplar top; 38" h. x 38 ½" w. x 20 ⅛" d. < Back Chest of Four Drawers Second Floor - SW Bedroom Furniture and Hard Furnishings New England, 1725-1750 Cherry, maple, oak, white pine, poplar top; 38" h. x 38 ½" w. x 20 ⅛" d. Drawers nailed with rosehead nails to undersides of linings, now with running strips; second brasses. Both drawers had cotter pins; a patch to bottom drawer front; case rests on bracket feet. Some interior rebuilding, refinished, but a good example (and survivor) of an early 18th century case piece of furniture. Previous Next

Cherry; 1790-1810. New England; 28” h. x 16” w. x 15 ¼” d. < Back Square-Top Candlestand Second Floor - W Bedroom (Ted's Dressing Room) Furniture and Hard Furnishings Cherry; 1790-1810. New England; 28” h. x 16” w. x 15 ¼” d. Square top over a ring-and-vase turned pedestal over plain (or snake) feet. Condition is good with old refinishing leaving a honeyed color. Previous Next

Con Fuoco returned for a Spring concert featuring Haydn and Mendlessohn < Back Con Fuoco String Quartet - June 19, 2022 Con Fuoco returned for a Spring concert featuring Haydn and Mendlessohn Previous Next

Rhode Island, probably Newport, 1760-1790 Mahogany; 27 ⅜" h. x 31 ¾" w. x 24" d. < Back Porringer Top Tea Table Second Floor - SW Bedroom Furniture and Hard Furnishings Rhode Island, probably Newport, 1760-1790 Mahogany; 27 ⅜" h. x 31 ¾" w. x 24" d. The rectangular table with outset “porringer” (half-round projections separated from the straight sides by cusps) corners; top attached to the frame by tenons cut from the ends of four blocks of wood nailed to the underside of the top. Undercut rails on turned tapered legs and offset turned pad feet. Table has been refinished but is in an excellent state of preservation. This unusual “floating” top attachment is characteristic of the best furniture made in Newport, and is described as a favorite technique of John Goddard in American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection. Previous Next

Southwestern Connecticut, possibly Milford area, 1775-1810 Maple, rush seat; 44 ½" h. x 19 ⅛" w. x 14 ½" d. < Back Molded Slat Back Side Chair Second Floor - SW Bedroom Furniture and Hard Furnishings Southwestern Connecticut, possibly Milford area, 1775-1810 Maple, rush seat; 44 ½" h. x 19 ⅛" w. x 14 ½" d. The black-painted turned chair has a downward-curving crest and stay rail that enclose four molded vertical slats between turned posts, each with two baluster turnings and finials. The turned front legs have rings between and above double turned front stretchers. Side and rear stretchers join the legs. Condition: Refinished, all feet have been ended-out by 2 ¾” Previous Next

Probably England, 1750-1780. Walnut, pine, mirrored glass. 15 ½" h. x 9 ½" w. < Back Looking Glass Second Floor - Entrance Hall Other Decorative Arts Probably England, 1750-1780. Walnut, pine, mirrored glass. 15 ½" h. x 9 ½" w. The small rectangular looking glass has a walnut-veneered scalloped crest, straight bottom, and cross-banded ogee molding surrounding the glass. Previous Next