Gaffield, Thomas
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Gaffield, Thomas
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Thomas Gaffield was a partner in a profitable window glass retailing firm, Tuttle, Gaffield and Company, in Boston, MA. Gaffield collected engravings and had a keen interest in art history. He was a founding member of the Boston Art Club, organized in 1862.
Thomas Gaffield, 1825-1900, was a glass manufacturer. He was a partner in the firm of Tuttle, Gaffield and Company from 1847 to 1869 and helped form the Boston Crystal Glass Works in 1861. Mr. Gaffield became a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation beginning in March 1896, serving until his death in 1900. Prior to this he was an active member of the MIT Society of Arts and lectured to students in Chemistry on the topic of glass manufacture.
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Art
Art appreciation
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Engraving
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Glass manufacture
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Art collectors
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