shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire

above the Connecticut River, on the Vermont line

Cornish village in autumn

— — the week the maples turn red over the white meeting house.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“A small town on the New Hampshire side of the Connecticut River, across from Windsor, Vermont. The longest two-span wooden covered bridge in the country reaches over the water from here. In October the sugar maples close in on the white meeting house and the road bends slow. Coaches don't stop. Cars slow down anyway.

from the studio

— bring it home

Cornish village in autumn, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Cornish village in autumn

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Cornish sits in Sullivan County on the New Hampshire bank of the Connecticut River, opposite Windsor, Vermont. The town's population is roughly 1,600. The Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, 449 feet across two spans, has carried traffic over the river since 1866 and is the longest wooden covered bridge in the United States still open to cars. The sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens kept his summer home here from 1885, drawing a colony of painters and writers; the property is now the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park.

— informed by Wikipedia — Cornish, NH, NPS — Saint-Gaudens NHP

— the season

Peak foliage on this stretch of the upper Connecticut River runs the first two weeks of October, with sugar maples and red maples carrying most of the colour. The valley floor sits at roughly 350 feet, which puts it a few days behind the surrounding hills. Mornings hold river fog inside the bridge's portal until the sun climbs over Mount Ascutney across the water in Vermont. By the third week of October the leaves are mostly down and the white clapboards of the village stand bare against the ridges.

— informed by NH Foliage Tracker

— the visit

The Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park is open daily from late May through October, with the sculptor's home, two studios, and a gallery of bronze casts open to the public. The Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge is free to cross by car or on foot at any hour. Cornish has no traffic light and one general store at the four corners; the nearest food and lodging cluster across the bridge in Windsor, Vermont. The Plainfield town line lies a few miles north along NH-12A.

— informed by NPS — Plan Your Visit

— where

United States · Sullivan County, New Hampshire

— elevation

107 m · 350 ft

— position

43.4800° N · 72.4300° W

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

1 km W

Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge

covered bridge

3 km N

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

national historical park

10 km W

Mount Ascutney

monadnock

Cornish village in autumn

Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park

Mount Ascutney

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Cornish village in autumn — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Cornish is a small town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, on the Connecticut River across from Windsor, Vermont. The population is roughly 1,600. Hanover and Dartmouth College lie about 25 miles north along the river.

A 449-foot wooden covered bridge built in 1866, spanning the Connecticut River between Cornish, New Hampshire and Windsor, Vermont. It is the longest wooden covered bridge in the United States still open to vehicle traffic.

Saint-Gaudens was a leading American sculptor of the late nineteenth century. He bought a Cornish farmhouse in 1885 and worked here each summer until his death in 1907; his home and studios are now a National Historical Park.

The first two weeks of October usually carry peak colour along the upper Connecticut River valley. Sugar maples and red maples dominate. The valley floor sits at about 350 feet, a few days behind the higher elevations nearby.

Yes. The Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge carries one lane of vehicle traffic in each direction and remains free to cross. Pedestrians can use a narrow walkway along the south side.

— about the piece in your home

It has carried meaning for customers who grew up along the upper Connecticut or summered near Dartmouth. The covered bridge is one of the most recognised pieces of the region. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio travels well.

The red of the bridge and the autumn maples pull warm. The tile sits well in New England colonial interiors, in farmhouse rooms with painted wood, and in jewel-tone maximalist spaces that lean autumnal.

Grandmillennial and warm-traditional interiors have brought regional landscape art back over the last few years. The tile carries barn red, white clapboard, and sugar-maple gold without the kitsch that often comes with covered-bridge art.

A single Large reads well above a love seat or a console table. Above a full sofa, a four-tile Mural carries the scale; for a long wall, a nine-tile Mural opens the room onto the village.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour is infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and the finish is scratch-resistant for splash zones. Glossy is for framed wall display only.

A microfibre cloth and clean water. No solvents or abrasive cleaners. The colour lives in the surface beneath a thin protective finish and will not lift with normal cleaning.

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