Bracket
- Object Name:
- Bracket
- Object ID:
- 1976.051.05 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- East Weare, NH
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Pair of identical cornice brackets. Unidentified medium brown soft wood. Fret sawn. Painted white, appears to be one coat. Profile from top to bottom slopes back to rear surface. Profile from top to bottom includes coves, beads, a couple half-round shapes, and ogee curves, one at top and one near bottom. Large quarter-round on back surface at very bottom. Back surfaces unpainted. At top, brackets had some trim around top edge. Unpainted band around top, ~1" wide.
A. Two iron nails sticking out near bottom. Some empty nail holes around top as well. Paint residues on back around edges where paint was drawn underneath back surface by capillary action.
B. Iron nail sticking out of backside near bottom. Three nails sticking out of top area. Long checks in wood at one side near top. Very little paint residue remaining on left side. Almost identical to other bracket, but this one is not quite as deep front to back. The two larger round elements and ogee cove ~0.25" different from other bracket in height and depth. - Material:
- Wood
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-14.8 W-2.7 D-10.9 inches
- Provenance:
- From Chester Low House, East Weare, NH. Tract 801 Flood Control Project.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Low, Chester
- Subjects:
- Architectural & site components, Architecture, Brackets, Cornices
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