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Drying rack

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-14310

Description

Gray-painted 3 part wood rack connected by beige canvas hinges nailed to end posts of each part. Each section comprised of 2 uprights joined by 2 horizontal nails. A standing rack.

Details

Descriptive Terms

clothes horses
cotton (textile)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Cotton
RACK, DRYING

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24.5 x 30 x 2.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.328

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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