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Architectural elements from a Retiring Room in the North Family Dwelling American, New Lebanon, New York

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White walls with brown trim, two windows with brown frames on the left and right walls, white curtains hanging, brown wooden floor with a long brown rug in the center; a dark-blue bed against the back wall; brown wooden desk against the left wall; three brown wooden chairs; one on the right of the rug, one on the left; black metal pipe coming from a heater on the right; brown wooden cabinet against the right wall.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1830–40
Medium
Wood
Culture
American, Shaker
Dimensions
599 × 480 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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