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Picture Frame

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1830-1860

GUSN

GUSN-11412

Description

Of rectangular form with a canted edge and a wide cone molding, enclosed by beading and a slightly sloping rectangular liner, grain painted to simulate Rosewood(?) in umber and red. It has two brass rings and wire at one end.

Details

Descriptive Terms

frames (furnishings)
Pine
Painted
Empire
FRAME, PICTURE

Inscription

Inscribed on a jelly jar label on brown paper wrapping the frame, in NFL's hand: wide, red/grained frame. Rabbit=30x33/overall 39 1/2 x 31.

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

39.5 x 31 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.360

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