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Settle

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1775-1825

GUSN

GUSN-8344

Description

Pine settle with brown finish. Low seat with loose cover below which are four compartments. High back that tips backward. Side panels terminate in decorative scrolled arms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

settles
graining
nailing
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Painted
Grained
Nailed
SETTLE

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

49 x 59 x 22 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.541

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