LARGE KPM PLAQUE OF HENRY WILLIAM FRIES: 17'' X 13 1/2'', period gilded gesso frame with wear and repair, 27'' X 23'', inscribed verso, impressed KPM mark. Fries was a very important Salem, N.C. businessman. He had been commissioner of the town of Salem, trustee of the Moravian Church, member of its synods, president of the Northwestern North Carolina Railroad, director of the North Carolina Railroad, director of the Wachovia Loan and Trust Company, director of the Fries Manufacturing and Power Company, vice-president of the Mayo Mills and connected with those of Avalon and Fries
CONDITION: Older repair to paint on his lapel.