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Hanging Cupboard

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1820

GUSN

GUSN-3270

Description

Pine; scrolled crest on a rectangular case with hinged, panelled door; the door opens to three shelves; the exterior is painted red and the interior is painted white; there is a single brass pull on the d oor with a bronze lock and iron key.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hanging cupboards
wood (plant material)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
Wood
Carved
Painted
Pine
Cupboard, Hanging

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

34 1/2 x 16 1/8 x 6 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1054

Places

United States

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