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Window frame fragment

Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1750-1775

GUSN

GUSN-980

Description

Upper left corner of window frame with pegged construction; molded trim; pintle still attached. White paint outside; green inside. Clapboard shadows on left.

Details

Descriptive Terms

window frames
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Element, Window
Frame, Window
Painted
Molded
Frame, Window

Label

In exhibition "Picture This: Windows on the American Home" at the National Building Museum, March 27-August 11, 2003, and then at the Minnesota Historical Society, October 20, 2003-October 20, 2004.

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

17 1/2 x 16 x 3 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1918.967

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