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Bookcase

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1865-1870

GUSN

GUSN-19915

Description

Walnut? Large four-part bookcase w/ glazed doors on top and panel doors on base. Prominent cornice; arched window treatment on top repeated as smaller wooden paneling on base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bookcases
shelves
walnut (wood)
walnut (wood)
Walnut
BOOKCASE

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Devitt (Maker)

Location of Origin

Wiscasset, ME, USA

Dimensions

108.5 x 122.5 x 18.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.247

Places

Maine (United States)

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