Cradle
- Object Name:
- Cradle
- Object ID:
- 1995.559.03
- Date:
- 1760-1800
- Description:
- Hooded rocking cradle. Primarily made of pine, painted red on interior and exterior. Hood has angled top with 10" deep roof and a valance with decoratively carved double arching. Sides of hood are carved with bracket shape. Hood is of mortise and tenon construction and pegged into sideboards of cradle. Bed is rectangular. Footboard is dovetail construction. Keel on center of bottom board. The two maple rockers are inserted into this keel and dovetailed to bottom board; they are 1.25" thick and have scrolled ends and chisel marks. Some black drips (perhaps adhesive) on rockers. Rocker at head is broken and loose. Minor repair on rear rocker. Both rockers and keel are made of an unidentified hardwood. Bottom is a single board that is beveled on all sides and attached with rosehead nails.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-32 W-27 L-36 inches
- Provenance:
- Unknown
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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