Two matching parts made of a wood piece that has a black metal bracket on one end with a hook protruding out. The piece of wood is number in inches one to twelve, repeating four times wtih nine extra inches at the end. Below the stamped numbers is a ridge with small sharp hooks. About halfway down the wood is a slit that goes through to the other side. Attached to the back of the board is another piece of wood that is shorter and attached by a hinge so it can be pulled out forming a leg.
stretchers (furniture components)
metal
wood (plant material)
molding (forming)
sawing
Stretcher, Curtain
Unknown
59 x 1 3/4 x 3 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Rita Feil
2005.15.2
Massachusetts (United States)
Illinois (United States)
Roslindale (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)
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