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Pew Door

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1714-1750

GUSN

GUSN-312

Description

Pew door with one large panel, raised field, featheredged, quarter round molded grooves; faint outline of butterfly hinges on the left hand side indicate how the door opened; unpainted and somewhat distressed from use.

Details

Descriptive Terms

doors
pews
molding (forming)
softwood
Softwood
Molded
Torah
DOOR

Inscription

On reverse: ""Pew door from an old meeting house in Lynnfield Centre [sic]""

Associated Building

Original To Lynnfield Meeting House,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33.875 x 25.75 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1918.971

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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