The Story of Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Charles F. Montgomery Professor of American Decorative Arts at Yale University, reflects on the questions and curiosities that shaped his new book with the Paul Mellon Centre about the interconnected histories of material culture in colonial America.
Inventing Boston
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Waistcoat, fabric woven in London and tailored in Boston, ca. 1720, brocaded satin, silk damask, gold metallic braid, taffeta, linen. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (gift of William Storer Eaton, 41.887). Photograph Š 2019 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
