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Towel Rack

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1820

GUSN

GUSN-2740

Description

Two rectangular uprights on rounded trestle feet joined by three rectangular "bars" (doweled and pegged into position). Retains some whitewash.

Details

Descriptive Terms

racks (supporting devices)
ash (wood)
Ash
RACK, TOWEL

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33.333 x 18.25 x 9 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1183

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