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Chalkboard

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-25280

Description

Wooden slate, mortise and tenon joints w/ pegs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tablets
pine (wood)
slate (rock)
pine (wood)
Pine
Slate
CHALKBOARD

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

14.75 x 10.375 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.386

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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