Cupboard, Hanging

Wall cupboard that hangs from a single peg, painted red-brown

ca. 1820

Object ID:
1993.3.2
Community:
,
Makers
Shaker
Description

Wall cupboard designed to hang from a single peg. Carcass, shelf, and back of yellow poplar; face stiles and single board door of pine, hinged with wire wound staple hinges. Carcass dovetailed; shelf, back, and face stiles butted and nailed. Door held closed by a hardwood turn-button which pivots on a flat-head wood screw. Exterior surfaces painted red, interior surfaces have no finish.

Notes

This cupboard was reproduced and sold by Shaker Workshops.

References: Shaker Workshops catalog, Spring/Summer 1995, p. 25. Kassay, John. The Book of Shaker Furniture. Amherst, Mass: University of Massachusetts Press, 1980.

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