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1850-1900
GUSN-319
Book rack with carved leaves and scrolls; mahogany; four pointed screws attached.
racks (supporting devices)
carving (processes)
mahogany (wood)
varnishing
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
scrolls (motifs)
Varnished
Carved
Mahogany
Leaves
Scroll
RACK, BOOK
Tag with ink on bottom: ""Book rack taken from the Old South Church Boston at the time the furniture was removed to make the church into a museum [illegible]...Property of Charles Wellington.
Original To Old South Meeting House,
Unknown
6.25 x 2.5 (HxD) (inches)
1966.13
Massachusetts (United States)
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