Birdcage
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1765
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Octagonal form of wood and metal wire; ogee arches springing from clustered columns on the eight corners; one side with hinged door. Ogee domed top with pierced imbrication and leafy finial. Bottom of sheet metal. Two perches and a swing in interior.
place: label: made in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
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 Alfred G. Burnham
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-69-1
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Birdcage
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Carved and joined mahogany, metal wire, sheet metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 77 x 39 x 39cm (30 5/16 x 15 3/8 x 15 3/8in.)