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Shaker wooden coathanger, gracefully arched with scrolled ends; stained a warm brown with black-penned initials "L.Y." at top of front center; 2 pierced holes with string for hanging.
coat hangers
carving (processes)
incising
pine (wood)
staining
pine (wood)
Shaker (Christian sect)
Pine
Carved
Stained
Incised
Shaker
Coathanger
In pen, on the front center are the initials 'L.Y.'
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
3/4 x 15 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1586
New York state (United States)
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