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Coathanger

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-3089

Description

Rectangular form with rounded ends pierced at center with hole.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

Incised with a bulls-eye mark and indecipherable initials on the sides. On the other side, in pencil: ""Sabbathday Lake, Maine"" ""Shaker""

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2 x 16 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1584

Places

Maine (United States)

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