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Clothes Brush

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1850-1874

GUSN

GUSN-72480

Description

Tarnished; pear-shpd hndl; sq frame, rectangular brush; rocaille motif

Details

Descriptive Terms

clothes brushes
accessories
grass (plant material)
pressing
silver (metal)
grass (plant material)
Rocaille
Rococo Revival
Silver
Grass
Pressed
Rocaille
Rococo Revival
BRUSH, CLOTHES

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7.25 x 2.75 x 1.25 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2798

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