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Coathanger

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-3090

Description

Rectangular form with rounded ends pierced with a hanging hole at the center.

Details

Descriptive Terms

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

Inscription

Written in pencil onthe side and lower edged: ""ElRer""? and ""Massachusetts""? and ""Shaker-Sabbathday Lake, Maine""

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 1/5 x 16 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1585

Places

Maine (United States)

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