Cupboard

Two-door cupboard with red wash, Watervliet, NY

ca. 1840

Object ID:
1950.400.1
Community:
New York, Watervliet
Description

Pine and basswood two-door cupboard with four shelves plus bottom. Doors are pine framed and basswood paneled (two per door) with through-mortises and tenons and a single pin. Carcase is pine but with three vertical basswood board back. Doors have iron butt hinges and lock and active door has a ceramic knob. Top overhangs carcase and has a complex molding beneath overhang characteristic of Watervliet manufactured artifacts. Outer arrises of front stiles are beaded. Cupboard has a red wash.

Notes

Acquired from the Mount Lebanon Church Family, but originated at Watervliet, NY.

New York Watervliet

New York Watervliet

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