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Window Frame

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1730-1740

GUSN

GUSN-67183

Description

A window frame comprised of mortise and tenon joints pegged together. Wrought iron spikes and wire nails.

Details

Descriptive Terms

window frames
mortise-and-tenon joints
joining
wood (plant material)
Element, Window
Frame, Window
Mortise & Tenon
Frame, Window

Label

In exhibition "Picture This: Windows on the American Home" at the National Building Museum, March 27-August 11, 2003, and then at the Minnesota Historical Society, Oct 20, 2003-Oct 20, 2004.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 1/2 x 28 3/8 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)

Accession Number

1933.1752

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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