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Wine cooler
about 1790
Object Place: United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, pine
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Frederick O. North
Accession Number32.103
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture
Furniture – Case furniture and boxes
Furniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionBody consists of eight boards, mitered and glued. Brass bands. Hinged lid. Legs tenoned into stand.
InscriptionsIncised into legs: X, XI, XII, XV respectively
Provenance[see note 1] By 1929, Mrs. Frederick O. North, Brookline, MA; 1932, gift of Mrs. Frederick O. North to the MFA.
Notes:
[1] According to the donor, the wine cooler "stood in the house in Hingham, built by Thomas Loring in 1795; bequeathed to Thomas Loring Sprague--from whom, it has come to me [Mrs. Frederick O. North of Brookline, Massachusetts]"
Notes:
[1] According to the donor, the wine cooler "stood in the house in Hingham, built by Thomas Loring in 1795; bequeathed to Thomas Loring Sprague--from whom, it has come to me [Mrs. Frederick O. North of Brookline, Massachusetts]"