Woman with Flowers - Fredericksburg VA
N 38° 18.494 W 077° 27.330
18S E 285303 N 4242867
A woman with roses stands on the front lawn of historic Chatham Manor.
Waymark Code: WME8JR
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2012
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A concrete statue of a woman holding flowers stands next to a Norway spruce on the west lawn of
Chatham Manor across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg, VA. The woman looks over her right shoulder as she stands on a concrete base with her right leg straight and her left leg slightly bent. Her right arm is extended across her body with roses held in her hand at her left hip. Her left arm is bent upwards and her hand holds roses at her left shoulder. The woman wears a garment loosely draped across her left shoulder and tied above her right hip leaving her right leg exposed. The fabric balloons out at her back. There is no design or inscription on the pedestal. The sculptor is unknown, although according to
Chatham a landscape introduction, the statuary came from Kenneth Lynch & Sons. It is dated c. 1930.
Chatham Manor was originally built in the late 1700s. It went through several owners and changes over the next 150 years, including devastating damage during the Civil War, until the 1920s when Daniel and Helen Devore bought the property and began its restoration. They hired a landscape architect who extensively used statuary on the grounds, most notably in the gardens as accents and to draw visitors along the paths.¹
Today, the National Park Service owns the property. Although changes have been made to the original, ornate landscaping, some of the sculptures or exact replicas from the Devore years still remain, including the Woman with Flowers. Chatham is open daily from 9 AM to 4:30 PM. Admission is free.
¹ Gardens lost in time « HORTUS 2