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Cradle

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1800-1820

GUSN

GUSN-48891

Description

Round arched hod with 3 pitch top; serpentine footboard; interior partially painted green; beige graining

Details

Descriptive Terms

cradles (children's beds)
sleeping and reclining furniture
graining
grain patterns
pine (wood)
Cradle

Label

In exhibition "Yankee Remix" at Mass. Mus. of Contemporary Art, May 2003-April 2004.

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Prob. New Eng

Dimensions

25.5 x 24.125 x 34.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Alice E. and Ellen M. Jones

Accession Number

1973.415

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