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Extremely crude doll's cradle w/ no hood. Plain rockers, slightly rounded footboard and headboard. Evidence of red stain. Paper and textile fragments still on frame. Nailed construction throughout.
cradles (children's beds)
wood (plant material)
CRADLE
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
4.75 x 8.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.463
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