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A small 2-seater pine bench with a straight top and solid back , solid side panels curving down to form armrests; shallow handles carved at the center to form "bootjack" bottom to sides; simple seat on cleats with additional cleats below, possibly for shelf, crudely made in rough dark wood.
benches (furniture)
cutting (dividing)
mortise-and-tenon joints
joining
nailing
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Cut
Nailed
Mortise & Tenon
BENCH
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
30.75 x 32 x 16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1473
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