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Bookcase and Cabinet

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1835-1850

GUSN

GUSN-4988

Description

Two sections; cabinet lower section: bun feet, paneled pupboard doors, one interior shelf; recessed bookcase upper section: two glazed doors, triple beaded moulded rectangular mullions; three shelves; ogee-shaped cornice.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bookcases
shelves
glass (material)
pine (wood)
walnut (wood)
veneer
Empire (style)
Bookcase
Bookcase

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

85 1/2 x 44 x 16 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.435

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