Doll's Cradle

Item Information

Title:
Doll's Cradle
Description:
Red-painted wooden doll's cradle with four tall splayed posts of squat round finials; shaped headboard and straight footboard; wide side panels grooved at the top, and removable bottom; on thick rockers with worn old, pinkish-red paint.
Date:
1800–1825
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
carving (processes)
mortise-and-tenon joints
joining
nailing
oak (wood)
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
miniatures (toys)
cradles (children's beds)
doll-playing accessories
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Federal
pine (wood)
Pine
Oak
Mortise & Tenon
Painted
Nailed
Carved
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
16.25 in. x 12 in. x 18 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/3043
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.1534
Identifier:
3043