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Rack, Drying

Drying rack, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1952.5139.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Description

Rack constructed of cherry with ends consisting of vertical standards secured to scrolled feet with pinned mortises and tenons and cross-bars at top secured with pinned through mortises and tenons. A dowel is through-tenoned through each end of the cross-bars. Near the top, another dowel is tenoned through the standards. Below this are two rectangular cross-pieces also tenoned through the standards. All arrises of the standards are chamfered. The entire rack has been painted yellow.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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Shaker Museum Rack, Drying. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=7423. Accessed on May 7, 2024

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Shane Rothe

Curatorial Associate

Shane Rothe (they/them) joined Shaker Museum in July 2023, working with independent curator Maggie Taft on an exhibition for the new museum space in Chatham. Shane is an artist as well as a curator and continues to create in the mediums of painting, sculpture, writing, and performance. Shane holds a BFA from CalArts and an MA in art history and curatorial studies from the University of Chicago.