Wallace Nutting Library

Clarinda At Home - Studio # Unknown

This photograph is identical to "A Sip of Tea, #551", just a different title. This picture was taken in Wallace Nutting's Southbury, CT home he called "Nuttinghame". When he sold this house in 1912, the retired banker who had already made a deposit and was assured that he "owned" the house said, *"I don't mind telling you that wild horses could not have pulled me out of this room."* Note that in this photograph the ceiling is plastered while in other photographs taken in this room the ceiling beams are exposed. Wallace Nutting explains: "The ceiling of the home-room was dilapidated plaster. This was removed and the beams thus exposed were cased in and painted white, thus giving us a little more head space and greatly enhancing the charm of the room." This room was used as a backdrop more often than any other. I know of at least twenty-two other titles that were photographed in this room alone. They are:
17th Century, #10	Christmas Jelly, #52
A Plate of Goodies, #67	The Cup That Cheers, #72
A Bit of Sewing, #173	Comfort and A Cat, #545
A Sip of Tea, #551	Bean Porridge Hot, #591
Thanksgiving Goodies, #595	The Tea Maid, #602
Mending, #677	Maiden Reveries, #681
An Afternoon Tea, #703	Confidences, #704
Prudence Drawing Tea, #707	The Maple Sugar Cuppard, #734
The Home Room, #745	An Elaborate Dinner, #746
The Window Garden, 771	A Dilatory Escort, #772
The Work Basket, #2736	Sewing by the fire