Clothes horse

Status

Not on view

Date1750-1850

Geography Made - United States

Medium/TechniqueUnidentified softwood, paint

DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 36 3/4 in. x 26 3/4 in. x 8 1/2 in. (93.35 cm x 67.95 cm x 21.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles Marbury Seaman, 1972

Object numberM-2656

DescriptionYellow-painted clothes horse or drying rack with three horizontal rails through-tenoned into two rectilinear standards with rounded tops which are in turn through-tenoned into triangular or wedge-shaped feet. Each of the standards is beaded along the outside corners of the front and back and each of the rails is beaded along the outside top and bottom edges. The undersides of the triangular feet are undercut at center.

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