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Corner Cupboard

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-3105

Description

Projecting cornice carved with sawtooth band over cove molding, beaded and dentillated border over case; splayed, fluted sides; three winged thumbmolded doors and a molded and reed-carved waist; the upper two doors are rectangular, paneled with stepped and carved diamond devices, and closed with shaped wooden latches; the lower door is square and carved with similar diamond devices; flat base and varnished finish.

Details

Descriptive Terms

corner cupboards
carving (processes)
maple (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Maple
Carved
Cupboard, Corner

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

58 1/4 x 24 x 13 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1602

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