AFA Winter 2017

Winter 112 www.afamag.com | w ww.incollect.com I n 1730, James Logan (1674–1751) built a brick gentleman’s house that is today renowned for its early Georgian architecture and outstanding collections. 1 Originally situated on a 511-acre plantation, five miles from the Colonial port of Philadelphia, the residence contained both locally produced and imported goods and furnishings from London and Bristol, England. The most glorious room in the house was the yellow lodging room, the only space furnished with window curtains and an impressive bedstead. Stenton recently completed a transformative paint replication and textiles re-creation project that has returned the room to its appearance of about 1750 (Fig. 1). by Laura C. Keim Ochre, Old Fustic, and Maple Stenton’s Yellow Lodging Room Restored