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Screen

Date

1800-1850

GUSN

GUSN-4597

Description

Rectangular framed screen of mortise and tenon construction with three equi-sized rectangular louvered sections; painted green; ventilating louvers or possibly firescreen (not architectural).

Details

Descriptive Terms

screens (screen printing equipment)
screens (furniture)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Painted
SCREEN

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

40.125 x 54.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.791

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