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Frost & Adams (est.1869) was an artists' supply firm in Boston, Massachusetts, located in Cornhill, on the current site of Boston City Hall and City Hall Plaza.〔Boston commercial directory. 1869〕〔Boston Almanac. 1875〕〔In 1889, the firm had a 5-story retail outlet at no.37 Cornhill, "two floors at No. 69 Cornhill, devoted to manufacturing, and several large storage and packing rooms at No. 34 Cornhill." Cf. King's. 1889〕〔 It began in 1869 when artist Francis Seth Frost and retailer E.H. Adams bought the business of Matthew J. Whipple.〔Whipple established his business sometime around the 1830s. Cf. King's. 1889〕 By the 1880s Frost & Adams were "the chief dealers in artists' materials in New England." ==History== Proprietors included F.S. Frost, E.H. Adams, H.A. Lawrence, Herbert C. Gardner, Joseph H. Peacock, and Edward J. White.〔Directory of directors in the city of Boston and vicinity. 1911〕〔Advertisement in: Loan collection of portraits for the benefit of the Associated Charities and the North End Union. Boston: 1896〕 The firm later moved to Arch Street (ca.1921).〔Boston register and business directory. 1921〕 In the 1880s the firm stocked "all the materials used by painters, engravers, etchers, repousse-workers, china-painters, crayon artists, water colorists, tapestry-painters, architects, engineers, and draughtsmen." They also carried "fancy articles for decorating, in bronze and brass, porcelain and china, Albenine and Barbotine ware, bisque vases and terraline ware, tambourines of sheepskin, calfskin, brass, and satin."〔 "Five-sixths of the trade is wholesale, extending throughout New England, the Middle and Western States, and Canada, and kept in activity by travelling salesmen."〔 Some art world luminaries shopped at Frost & Adams. It was "the depot of supplies for Hunt, Inness, Neal, Brown, Enneking, Norton, Vinton, Picknell, Gaugengigl, Shapleigh, ... H.H. Richardson, Cabot & Chandler, Van Brunt & Howe, Peabody & Stearns."〔 Sometime after 1921, Frost & Adams was bought by the H.H. Sullivan Company, which itself was acquired by B.L. Makepeace Inc. in 1931.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= More Than a Century of Growth and Change )〕 As of 2010, Makepeace operates from headquarters in Brighton, Massachusetts, and specializes in reprographics and survey equipment. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frost & Adams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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