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Hatchel

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1800-1900

GUSN

GUSN-11415

Description

A rectangular unpainted section of wood mounted on an open conforming box with a bed of nails protruding from the open top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

textile working equipment
iron (metal)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Iron
Hatchel

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18 x 20 x 8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.363

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