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CLAPBOARD

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1750

GUSN

GUSN-1897

Description

Bevelled top; sawn, butt edges; painted white; nails holes along bottom edge and through exposed portion of old weathered face.

Details

Descriptive Terms

clapboard siding
beveling
painting (coating)
sawing
wood (plant material)
Beveled
Mill Sawn
Painted
CLAPBOARD

Associated Building

Original To Dudley Buckingham House,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 (H) (inches)

Accession Number

1959.141

Places

Connecticut (United States)

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