Church
date: label: Date
content: mid-19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Birdcage (a) of wooden slats, dowels and metal wire in the form of a church with peaked roof; walls of clerestory-like gothic style arches; at one end a rectangular bell tower with three large, circular, painted clock faces, and door with inverted heart-shape perforation. Wood and sheet metal under tray (b) pulls out at left side. Small loop handle of brass on roof.
place: label: made in
content: New York, New York, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1916-19-83-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Birdcage
label: Type
content: Birdcage
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Turned, cut, and stained mahogany, cherry, pine, cut brass, wire, enamel-painted metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 79 × 38 × 75.5 cm (31 1/8 × 14 15/16 × 29 3/4 in.)