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Clapboard

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1688

GUSN

GUSN-66

Description

Sheathing board with two bevelled edges; clapboards with feathered edges are nailed to it with wrought nails; cream/yellow paint.

Details

Descriptive Terms

clapboard siding
beveling
painting (coating)
softwood
metal
Painted
Softwood
Unidentified Metal
Beveled
CLAPBOARD

Associated Building

Original To Noah Webster House,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17.75 x 43 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1933.1821

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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