An Even Closer View of Beautiful Carving Over Front Door of The Former Home of John and Sylvia Sutherland.
"[Now we can go back for another eight years .... ]"
2649 South Colfax Ave, Minneapolis, MN. An excerpt from the very long WebPage http://www.levins.com/pineapple.html says: Pineapple as Artistic Motif It is hardly surprising that this [pineapple] communal symbol of friendship and hospitality also became a favorite motif of architects, artisans and craftsmen throughout the colonies. They announced the hospitality of a mansion with carved wood or molded mortar pineapples on its main gate posts such as those shown here at a home in historic Haddonfield, New Jersey. They incorporated huge copper and brass pineapples in the weather vanes of their most important public buildings. They sculpted pineapples into door lintels; stenciled pineapples on walls and canvas mats; wove pineapples into tablecloths, napkins, carpets and draperies; and cast pineapples into metal hot plates. There were whole pineapples carved of wood; pineapples executed in the finest china kilns; pineapples painted onto the backs of chairs and tops of chests. ......
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![An Even Closer View of Beautiful Carving Over Front Door of The Former Home of John and Sylvia Sutherland. "[Now we can go back for another eight years .... ]" 2649 South Colfax Ave, Minneapolis, MN. An excerpt from the very long WebPage http://www.levins.com/pineapple.html says: Pineapple as Artistic Motif It is hardly surprising that this [pineapple] communal symbol of friendship and hospitality also became a favorite motif of architects, artisans and craftsmen throughout the colonies. They announced the hospitality of a mansion with carved wood or molded mortar pineapples on its main gate posts such as those shown here at a home in historic Haddonfield, New Jersey. They incorporated huge copper and brass pineapples in the weather vanes of their most important public buildings. They sculpted pineapples into door lintels; stenciled pineapples on walls and canvas mats; wove pineapples into tablecloths, napkins, carpets and draperies; and cast pineapples into metal hot plates. There were whole pineapples carved of wood; pineapples executed in the finest china kilns; pineapples painted onto the backs of chairs and tops of chests. ...... ************************************ (Photo = Summer2006 0150 ...... ZMM Page = 143 ...... WayPt = -003w)](http://www.venturearete.org/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/albums/2649ColfaxAve/DSC_0150.sized.jpg "An Even Closer View of Beautiful Carving Over Front Door of The Former Home of John and Sylvia Sutherland. \"[Now we can go back for another eight years .... ]\" 2649 South Colfax Ave, Minneapolis, MN. An excerpt from the very long WebPage http://www.levins.com/pineapple.html says: Pineapple as Artistic Motif It is hardly surprising that this [pineapple] communal symbol of friendship and hospitality also became a favorite motif of architects, artisans and craftsmen throughout the colonies. They announced the hospitality of a mansion with carved wood or molded mortar pineapples on its main gate posts such as those shown here at a home in historic Haddonfield, New Jersey. They incorporated huge copper and brass pineapples in the weather vanes of their most important public buildings. They sculpted pineapples into door lintels; stenciled pineapples on walls and canvas mats; wove pineapples into tablecloths, napkins, carpets and draperies; and cast pineapples into metal hot plates. There were whole pineapples carved of wood; pineapples executed in the finest china kilns; pineapples painted onto the backs of chairs and tops of chests. ...... ************************************ (Photo = Summer2006 0150 ...... ZMM Page = 143 ...... WayPt = -003w)")