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Coathanger

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1840-1880

GUSN

GUSN-3083

Description

Rounded ends and arched center pierced with two hanging holes that are laced with cotton tape.

Details

Descriptive Terms

coat hangers
maple (wood)
maple (wood)
Shaker (Christian sect)
Maple
Shaker
COATHANGER

Inscription

Written in ink on the sides is: ""Charlotte Smith""

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1.875 x 15.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1578

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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