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Bookcase

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1940-1960

GUSN

GUSN-51096

Description

The case has plain, flat straight top and sides with three shelves and a plywood backboard. It has nail constuction and maple stain.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bookcases
shelves
nailing
pine (wood)
staining
Modern (styles and periods)
pine (wood)
Pine
Nailed
Stained
Modern
BOOKCASE

Inscription

In chalk on the backboard is: ""12"" and ""Nael"".

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

35 x 32 x 7.625 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.745

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