Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Sinclair, Clayton, American
Sinclair, Hazel, American
Subject of
Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
Date
mid 20th century
Medium
varnish on wood
Dimensions
H x W x D: 59 1/4 × 19 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (150.5 × 48.9 × 48.9 cm)
Description
A corner étagère from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The wooden étagère has five tiers and a dark reddish brown finish. Each of the five display shelves are roughly fan shaped with semicircular cutouts at the fan corners along the front edges of the shelves. The smallest shelf is at the top tier and each shelf below is slightly bigger than the one above. The widest shelf is the fifth tier, at the bottom of the étagère. The top shelf features small finials at all three corners. On the left and right corners of the shelves are carved wooden, cabriolet shaped, fret work pillars that support the shelves. The back pillars are turned wood with repeating carved, rounded, tapered shapes and grooves between each shelf. The back edges of the top three shelves also have scrolled, fret work guardrails. The bottom two shelves have short, plain guardrails.
Place collected
Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
Classification
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
Type
étagères
Topic
Black Enterprise
Black interiors
Business
Recreation
Segregation
Travel
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
Object number
2011.12.15
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd564ba74ad-2fed-4ec3-9f30-a17ac370cbdd

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