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Coathanger

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1840-1880

GUSN

GUSN-3084

Description

Rounded ends with arched center pierced with hanging holes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

coat hangers
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Shaker (Christian sect)
Pine
Shaker
COATHANGER

Inscription

Written on pencil on a label on the side of the object: ""E.H""; and ""S.L. Sawyer""(?) On the other side is ""K.Mabel...Kate.""

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1.5 x 14.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1579

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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