Carrig-Rohane Shop records
name: label: Creator
content: Carrig-Rohane Shop
label: Names
content: Carrig-Rohane Shop (Boston, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Thulin-Murphy (Firm : Boston, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Vose Galleries of Boston
label: Names
content: Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945
label: Names
content: Thulin, Walfred, 1878-1949
label: Names
content: Vose, Robert Churchill, 1873-
topic: label: Topic
content: Works of art
label: Topic
content: Picture frames and framing
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Picture frame industry -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Carrig-Rohane Shop records were donated by Robert Churchill Vose, Jr., Duxbury, Massachusetts, April 4, 1974, January 13, 1975, April 5, 1984, February 1, 1986, and March 17, 1987.

Funding for the processing and microfilming of this collection was provided by a grant from the Eli Wilner & Company, Inc., New York, New York.
creator: label: Creator
content: Carrig-Rohane Shop
setName: label: See more items in
content: Carrig-Rohane Shop records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Carrig-Rohane Shop records measure 6.7 linear feet and date from 1903 to 1962. The records document the founding of the Boston company, frame design and production, and the financial transactions of the shop. The numerous framing records, such as pattern and specification order books, are particularly valuable for researching and matching custom frames with specific works of art of the late 19th and early 20th century. The frame patterns are also useful for researchers interested in the history of frame design.
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: In 1903 Herman Dudley Murphy, Walfred Thulin and Charles Prendergast began making frames and in 1906 H.D. Murphy opened "The Frame Shop of Herman Dudley Murphy" on Clarendon Street in Boston.

According to the meeting minutes, on June 13, 1911, the frame shop incorporated under the name "The Thulin-Murphy Co." with Walfred Thulin as the President. The shop name was then changed to "Carrig-Rohane" on February 5, 1914, and on October 23, 1915, the shop came under the management of Robert Churchill Vose, Sr. and Nathaniel Morton Vose.

The corporation was eventually dissolved on March 29, 1939, and the framing operations moved to the Vose Galleries' premises.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6.7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carrshop
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into seven series:

Series 1: Frame Patterns, circa 1903-1962 (boxes 1-2, 1 linear ft.)

Series 2: Frame Orders and Specifications, 1904-1962 (boxes 2-5, 3 linear ft.)

Series 3: Financial Records, 1908-1939, undated (boxes 5-7, 1.9 linear ft.)

Series 4: Business Records, 1903-1955, undated (box 7, 11, 0.6 linear ft.)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1906 (box 7, 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 6: Works of Art, 1931, 1936, undated (boxes 7, OV 10, 0.1 linear ft.)

Series 7: Photographs, undated (box 7, 0.1 linear ft.)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Jill Lundin in 1994.
altformavail: label: Alternative Forms Available
content: This collection is available on 35 mm microfilm reels 4974-4982 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of the material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: The Carrig-Rohane Shop records date from 1903 to 1962, and measure 6.7 linear feet. The records document the founding of the company, frame design and production, and the financial transactions of the shop. Series 2: Frame Orders and Specifications is particulary valuable for researching the frames used for late 19th and early 20th century American works of art. The frame patterns can be cross-referenced with the orders to obtain visual documentation of the frame desing used with a specific work of art. The frame patterns are also useful for researchers interested in the history of frame design.

The records of the Carrig-Rohane Shop also include financial and business records, printed material, sketches of frames, and photographs of sketches and sculptures.