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Secretary

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1900-1930

GUSN

GUSN-59241

Description

Secretary with a pagoda pediment, fretwork, and carved swags. The lower portion has a pull-out drawer and two wooden cabinet doors and the upper portion has glass door with decorative fretwork and an oval mirror. One of a pair.

Details

Descriptive Terms

secretaries (furniture)
desks
pine (wood)
spruce (wood)
Federal
Secretary

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

106 x 47 3/8 x 24 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2803.1

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