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Picture Frame

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-11410

Description

Red-painted wooden vertical frame with mitered corners and glass. A copper hook is driven into the top edge of the frame, and a portion of it is visible in the molding beneath.

Details

Descriptive Terms

frames (furnishings)
wood (plant material)
oil paint (paint)
glass (material)
metal
nailing
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Wood
Unidentified Metal
Tin
Oil Paint
Nailed
Painted
Glass
Frame, Picture

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

22 1/2 x 19 7/8 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.358

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