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Wall Cupboard

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1850-1925

GUSN

GUSN-2567

Description

Red-painted miniature/toy cupboard of tall rectangular form; simple, Shaker-like style. Flat top above two shelves and deeper bottom component, which houses two shelves, areas with side panels and no doors (one component). Assembled with nails.

Details

Descriptive Terms

miniatures (toys)
cupboards
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
childhood
Children's furnishing
Pine
Painted
Childhood
Cupboard

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

18 x 8 x 5 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.748

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