Dutton House (Shelburne, Vermont)

The sunburst stencil painted motif over a second-floor fireplace mantle was also retained and installed in the re-erected house.

Museum workers added dentil molding, copied from a house in Alburg, Vermont, to the structure's cornice.

Having emigrated from Massachusetts, Dutton worked as a road surveyor, a justice of the peace, and the treasurer of the town of Cavendish.

The many additions that extend from the saltbox core reflect the tradition of "continuous" architecture common in New England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

These papers frequently represented scenic landscapes and possessed bright colors and bold patterning that could stand out even in weak candlelight.

[6] A sunburst is painted over the fireplace mantle in one of the second floor rooms, and is the only plaster replaced in the house after the move from Cavendish.

One of the motifs, a freehand decoration used in a first floor room, is also found in the Grimes House in Keene, New Hampshire.