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Picture Frame

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1820-1850

GUSN

GUSN-11411

Description

Painted rectangular picture frame, grain painted to have the appearance of burl walnut. Modern eye hooks are affixed to the frame for lateral hanging. It is glazed, with mitered corners.

Details

Descriptive Terms

frames (furnishings)
wood (plant material)
nailing
oil paint (paint)
graining
pine (wood)
Wood
Pine
Oil Paint
Nailed
Painted
Frame, Picture

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

25 1/8 x 20 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.359

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