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Crane

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1790-1810

GUSN

GUSN-3209

Description

Bracket form with tapered rectangular upright post and rectangular arm with a shaped end and serpentine support; painted a green-yellow; upright post has projecting round points at each end; mortise and tenon construction.

Details

Descriptive Terms

cranes (equipment)
mortise-and-tenon joints
joining
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Mortise & Tenon
Painted
CRANE

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24 x 18.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.992

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