1820-1830
GUSN-11977
Elongated rail with cream colored back board with gilt step molding along top and single square molding along bottom. Back board with gilt line borders with canted corners; ends are cylindrical with horizontal reeding and conforming moldings. Central keystone shaped panel on front with painted reserve of sheet music and instruments.
cornices
gilding
mahogany (wood)
veneer
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Mahogany Veneer
Painted
Gilded
CORNICE, WINDOW
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
5.5 x 49.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.2037.1
New Hampshire (United States)
Title Window Cornice Accession Number 1971.2037.2
Title Window Cornice Accession Number 1971.2037.3
Title Window Cornice Accession Number 1971.2037.4
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