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Window Sash

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1774

GUSN

GUSN-1411

Description

Window mounted with exterior face showing on the wall of Darby Barn. Green. Includes frame, double-hung sash and shutters; ogee-molded architrave; cove-molded sill with flaring corners. Double-hung sash with eight panes each. Wide and deep muntins. Pair of louvered shutters with two sections of louvers separated by a stile. Hooks at the bottom of the inside. The cornice mounted over this has the same accession number (see W.S.A. correspondence referenced). The heavily-molded cornice has dentils surmounted by modillion blocks and then a heavy ogee molding.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sashes (window components)
glass (material)
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
softwood
dentils
Glass
Painted
Molded
Dentil
Torah
Softwood
Ogee
SASH, WINDOW

Associated Building

Original To Penney-Hallett House,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

45 x 40 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1912.151

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

Related Items

Title SASH, WINDOW Accession Number 1912.152

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