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Bookcase

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1860-1875

GUSN

GUSN-13908

Description

Walnut cabinet and case of drawers w/ fret-work pediment. Prominent cornice and frieze. Unornamented exterior doors and drawers. Five interior shelves. Three bottom drawers w/ brass pulls.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bookcases
shelves
walnut (wood)
walnut (wood)
Walnut
BOOKCASE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

121

Maker

Possibly Devitt (Maker)

Location of Origin

Wiscasset, ME, USA

Dimensions

85 x 24 x 16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.138

Places

Maine (United States)

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