Shaker Box Pattern

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Collection Type

Tools and equipment

Date

1800-1899

GUSN

GUSN-8681

Description

One of set of three wooden Shaker box patterns of oval shape, holes in center, tied together with NFL tag.

Details

Descriptive Terms

templates (shaping tools)
wood (plant material)
Shaker
Wood
Template

Inscription

1) Written in pencil on each pattern: ""Shaker box pattern"". 2) Tied-on tag [NFL]: ""Shaker box/patterns"".

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 7/8 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.757

Related Items

Title Shaker Box Pattern Accession Number 1992.755

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