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Bookcase

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1900-1925

GUSN

GUSN-11631

Description

Of rectangular form with a molded gallery of four shelves and a raised panel at the apron. It had ogee molding on three sides of the top and an overhanging "lip" or cornice, and it sits on casters.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bookcases
shelves
mahogany (wood)
veneer
Ogee
Mahogany Veneer
BOOKCASE

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

54 x 35 x 13 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.633

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