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Collection Type

Furniture

Date

1835-1860

GUSN

GUSN-55014

Description

Curved projecting cornice; flat, pointed arch glass doors with beaded muntins; three drawers; S-scroll "legs" and feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

secretaries (furniture)
desks
mahogany (wood)
pine (wood)
veneering
Empire (style)
pine (wood)
Mahogany
Pine
Veneered
Empire
Secretary

Inscription

On lock: ""Lewis Makee & Co/Terrysville, Ct.""

Associated Building

Original to Winslow Crocker House (Yarmouth Port, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

80.25 x 44.75 x 22 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Thacher

Accession Number

1949.256

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