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1750-1850
GUSN-11584
Three parallel uprights joined at each end by rectangular cross-piece and 30 turned spools, held in place by hand carved pegs. It is unpainted.
racks (supporting devices)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Turned
Wood
Rack, Spool
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
63 1/2 x 24 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1992.770
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