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Clothes Brush

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1900

GUSN

GUSN-64629

Description

Small dusting whisk with green velvet knop on wood, paper, and wire wrapped handle marked "made from L.H.C. Sisal" straw broom like brush.

Details

Descriptive Terms

clothes brushes
accessories
straw (plant material)
Brush, Garment
Brush, Clothes
Straw
Brush, Clothes

Inscription

Made from L.H.C. Sisal

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 3/4 x 3 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.595

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