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Hanging Spoon Rack

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1860

GUSN

GUSN-3343

Description

A rectangular backboard with rounded corners, that is pierced with two hanging holes and has a slotted strip for spoons to be nailed above on the two shelves. It has plain board fronts and is unpainted.

Details

Descriptive Terms

racks (supporting devices)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
RACK, SPOON

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

24 x 11.75 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1129

Places

New York state (United States)

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