Whatnot (corner stand) : Object 1860-1869
- Published
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2015.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators
- Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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- Series
- Summary
- Four shelves in black walnut with turned finials and four turned legs. Each shelf has a coarse fretwork back. On the shelves are: ink well, pen, crochet hooks, glasses, glass case and some books. Copy of 'The North Star' newspaper, Rochester, NY, folded on bottom shelf.
- Subject(s)
- Form of work
- Furniture
- Note
- 1860s Hunterfly Road House, 1702 Bergen Street.
The small bone or ivory crochet hooks were discovered behind the mantelpiece of this house by Tom Paske. Books depicted are 'A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin', by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1899 edition, id ref 2004.13.10) and 'Sesame and Lilies' by John Ruskin (id ref 2006.151.01). This second book is inscribed To Hattie, from Helen. It consists of a collection of lectures from the 1860s on the roles of men and women in society.;AMDigital Reference: 2004.09.01 (whatnot); 2007.04.26 (eyeglasses). - Original Version
- Reproduction of: Whatnot (corner stand) 1860-1869.
- Location of Originals
- 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
- Copyright Note
- 5th of July Resource Center for Self-Determination & Freedom, Weeksville Heritage Center
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