This fireboard from the Ryther house in Bernardston, Massachusetts, is attributed to Jared Jessup. Fireboards customarily covered a fireplace opening during the warm months when fires were unnecessary. The artist painted this fireboard to match a painted vase of flowers on the Ryther house parlor wall. Above the fireplace in the parlor is a harbor scene reminiscent of the overmantel panel from the nearby Burke Tavern in Bernardston.
Jessup [Attributed to], Jared. Fireboard. ca. 1813. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1891-16-01/. Accessed on December 7, 2024.
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