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Roof baluster

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1739

GUSN

GUSN-67178

Description

Extremely weathered exterior roof baluster; tenons on both ends; bulb in central shaft.

Details

Descriptive Terms

balusters (railing components)
carving (processes)
tenons
mortise-and-tenon joints
wood (plant material)
Carved
Tenoned
Baluster

Associated Building

Original To Thomas Hancock House,

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

31 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1982.265

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

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