Rack, Garment

Description

Large storage rack in two sections, each with several rows of peg rails, and shelves on top. Painted pale yellow. (.1, .2, .3) Upright supports, which consist of two white pine (Pinus strobus) posts (2 11/16 x 3 1/2 x 85 1/2") with beaded arrises, and a white pine crosspiece (2 3/16 x 2 7/8 x 78 15/16) with arrises tenoned through the posts and pinned 6 1/2" down from post tops. There is a second set of through mortises 15 1/8" down from the post tops which hold the through tenons of the top frame pieces (.4 and .7). (.4) Top frame, which consists of two horizontal supports of white pine (2 5/8" x 3" x 76 1/2") with tenoned ends that fit into corresponding mortises in the upright supports. Five crossbars with eight turned pegs evenly spaced along their vertical surfaces. Turned pegs of paper birch (Betula papyrifera), painted brown. Crossbars secured to their supports by carriage bolts and square nuts. (.5) Top frame similar to .4 but wider, with six crossbars rather than five. (.6, .7, .8, .9) White pine shelves with eight compartments, made to be screwed to the tops of the horizontal supports of the top frames. .6 and .7 have six 1” dia. holes drilled into the underside, .8 and .9 have five 1” holes drilled into the underside, allowing the shelves to sit on the horizontal supports over the square nuts holding the crossbars. (.10, .11) Shelves with extended side rails that slide along inside vertical faces of horizontal supports from each end of the rack. (.10) is all white pine; (.11) is white pine and hardwood, possibly birch, painted white on underside and pale yellow on top side. (.12, .13) Top plates of white pine. The two plates were identical but one end of .13 has broken off and the other end has been sawn off. The plates have edges rounded over from the underside and each has three relieves, about 1/4" x 2 1/2" x 3 1/2", cut into the underside faces whose positions correspond to the tops of the posts of the three upright frames. These plates were secured by wood screws. Undersides are painted white.