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Fireplace Broom

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1825-1899

GUSN

GUSN-69718

Description

Hearth brush with turned wooden handle, painted black, and bowed green bristle head.

Details

Descriptive Terms

firesets
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Accessory, Fireplace
Broom, Fireplace
Painted
Broom, Fireplace

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.1698

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