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Entrance to Filenes' Enchanted Forest
1940-60
George A. McFadden (1904-1991)
USA: Massachusetts, Winchester
Watercolor, pencil on paper
overall: 10 1/4 x 20 3/4 x 1/8 in.; 26.035 x 52.705 x .3175 cm
Gift of the Estate of George A. McFadden
91.018.23

Drawing of the entrance to Filenes' Enchanted Forest shows a forest with a tree house inhabited by a man and a squirrel. Lettering at bottom left reads, "ENTRANCE to / FILENE'S ENCHANTED FOREST / G F MCFADDEN."


Imagination and a love of making things shaped designer George McFadden’s life. During his long career, he designed sets and costumes for the theater and crafted jewelry. He also created mechanized displays for department stores and circus acts. In retirement McFadden developed a passion for clocks, especially cuckoo clocks. His neighbors and other clock enthusiasts brought him timepieces for repair. This paper mock-up shows an idea McFadden had for a sign to advertise his business.