Painted, with raised field panels surrounded by molded trim. Metal plaque on front refers to the panel's removal from the Hancock House.
panels (surface components)
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
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metal
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Painted
Molded
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""Panel from the East Parlor of the Hancock House, Held by Colonel Daniel S. Lamson until 1905 and then given to Arnold A. Rand who presents it to the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co."" (Plaque on front of panel.)
Original To Thomas Hancock House,
Unknown
67 x 16 x 1 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company
1978.166
1739 (Panel)
Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Massachusetts (United States)
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