Longfellow, Charles Appleton
type Collector
dates 1844-1893
city Cambridge
stateMA
sex M
history Collector, traveler, yachtsman, and Henry and Fanny Longfellow's eldest son.

Charles collected a wide range of ceramics, textiles, paintings, and bronzes during his twenty-month sojourn in Japan, from June 1871 until March 1873, shipping over twenty crates of furnishings and decorative arts home to his family in Cambridge.

A year after his return, Charles and his cousin Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. decorated his sitting room in the Longfellow House with many of his finds, covering the ceiling with Japanese fans, and displaying prints and furniture in the room.
decades1870-1880
1880-1890
websitehttp://www.longfellowfriends.org; www.hwlongfellow.org
updated 03/22/2024 12:09:30
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Repository Description Links
Longfellow National Historic Site
Archives
Charles Appleton Longfellow (1844-1893) Papers, 1842-1996 (Bulk dates: 1862-1891) see details...
Longfellow National Historic Site
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Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow (1817-1861) Papers, 1825-1961 (Bulk dates 1832-1861) see details...

see alsoLongfellow, Fanny Appleton, 1817-1861
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882