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Baluster

Collection Type

  • Architecture

GUSN

GUSN-20064

Description

Baluster with one end doweled and the other mitered; square base is surmounted by fluted urn and flutes, square, and then sharply turned shaft; grey/cream paint.

Details

Descriptive Terms

balusters (railing components)
fluting
mitering
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
fluting
Painted
Turned
Fluted
Mitered
BALUSTER

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 x 1.5 x 1.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1982.341

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