Salada Tea Doors - Boston, MA
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The Salada Tea Doors are on the building that originally was the headquarters for Salada Tea.
Waymark Code: WMVQB9
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2017
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In Boston's Back Bay neighborhood are the Salada Tea Doors.
The Salada Tea Doors are located on Stuart Street, near Berkeley Street, on the south side of the road.
The doors are tall, bronze doors, surrounded by marble frames. The doors are twelve feet tall. On these doors are high relief figures of people and animals, and 10 panels with scenes showing steps in making tea leaves.
The listing for the doors has the following:
"On the right side, the top panel depicts male figures harvesting tea leaves; the second panel down depicts male figures around a table sorting tea leaves; the next panel depicts male figures drying tea leaves in boxes; the next panel depicts male figures carrying boxes of tea on their heads; and the bottom panel depicts elephants transporting boxes of tea. On the left side, the upper panels also depict male figures harvesting and processing tea leaves, but the bottom panel depicts the tea being loaded onto ships. The panels of the inner doorframe are flanked by two vertical rows of small figures in high relief.
The marble outer doorframe consists of two marble columns each containing a full-length figure of a woman in high relief. The capital at the top of each column contains a relief of three elephants. A narrow band across the top of the marble doorframe contains a relief depicting several elephants facing in different directions. Above the elephants is a large seated female figure with a seated child by her proper left foot and a standing child by her proper right foot."
TITLE: Salada Tea Doors
ARTIST(S): Henry Wilson
DATE: 1/1/1927
MEDIUM: Bronze with Marble frame
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 87740057
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
On the south side of Stuart Street, near the intersection with Berkely Street.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None seen.
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