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Tieback

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1765-1820

GUSN

GUSN-3884

Description

Round painted enamel knobs fitted with brass rims and shafts which screw into wall; portraits of a young girl with bonnett on each.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tiebacks (fasteners)
brass (alloy)
enamel paint
Fastener, Curtain
Tieback
Tieback

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

1 3/4 (D) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.226.2

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