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Bracket shelf

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1850-1880

GUSN

GUSN-14271

Description

Demi-line wood shelf covered w/ wine-colored cotton and silk fabric; pierced cast-iron bracket.

Details

Descriptive Terms

shelves
casting (process)
iron (metal)
pine (wood)
silk (textile)
pine (wood)
Pine
Iron
Silk
Slip Cast
SHELF

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 x 13.75 x 6.625 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.284

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