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Hat Rack

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1860

GUSN

GUSN-6437

Description

Mahogany-stained maple body; elaborately ring-turned shaft with stepped base and four cabriole legs with hoofed feet; top has bulbed finial surmounting small round shelf which holds four fancy, scrolled, cast brass hooks; further down the staff four brass pegs protude.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hat racks
brass (alloy)
maple (wood)
maple (wood)
Maple
Brass
RACK, HAT

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

69.5 x 24 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1292

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