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Glove Stretcher

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1775-1850

GUSN

GUSN-11171

Description

A long tapering cylindrical dowel; ovoid turned handle; incised three rungs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

glove stretchers
accessories
wood (plant material)
incising
turning (shaping process)
glove stretchers
Wood
Incised
Turned
STRETCHER, GLOVE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.463

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