fbpx

Clothespin

Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1800 -1899

GUSN

GUSN-8322

Description

Wooden clothespin with two reinforcing tacks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pins (fasteners)
carving (processes)
incising
wood (plant material)
Wood
Carved
Incised
Clothespin

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 1/2 x 3/4 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.660

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].