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Floorboard, smooth with trace of carpenter's marking on the front. On the ceiling side the roughsawn board was whitewashed and then painted with black dots as decoration. Lower surface formed ceiling of the east end room of the lean-to at the Blaney House, Swapscott, MA. Decorated with whitewash and sponge painting.
boards (flat objects)
floors (surface elements)
flooring
painting (coating)
softwood
whitewashing (coating)
Lumber
Board
Softwood
Whitewashed
Painted
Board
Original To Blaney House,
Unknown
17.5 x 0.875 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1918.1131
Swampscott (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
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