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Floorboard Fragment

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1700-1799

GUSN

GUSN-103448

Description

Square wooden fragment of floor board with white paint remnants on one side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

FLOORBOARD

Inscription

"REMOVED FROM SWETT-ILSLEY HOUSE, NEWBURY, MASS. / SECTION OF LOWER LAYER OF FLOORBOARDS WEST / CHAMBER, NORTH END OF HOUSE (EARLIER FLOOR). SEE / REPORT, MORGAN W. PHILLIPS, OCT. 3, 1968" (Label)

Additional Identification Number

3176

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Newbury, Massachusetts

Dimensions

5 3/4 in x 7 1/4 in x 3/4 in (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

2008.1.2.8

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