Accent cabinet from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: mid 20th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: An accent storage cabinet with glass paneled doors from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The cabinet is rectangular and squat in shape and is primarily constructed from wood with a dark, reddish, brown finish. Each cabinet door features a rectangular glass panel that shows the three interior shelves. The interior shelves and the interior surface of the wooden doors are painted black but are otherwise plain. The cabinet hardware includes brass hinges and a brass bolt lock that secures the cabinet doors. The cabinet’s carved cornice top overhangs the body of the cabinet. The rectangular top surface of cabinet is plain and is constructed form two equal sized pieces of wood. The back of the cabinet is a lighter tone, stained wood. It is constructed from two, equal sized, rectangular, wooden panels and held in place with flat head screws and wood nails.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.17
objectType: label: Type
content: cabinets (case furniture)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint and varnish on wood with glass, brass (alloy) and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 33 1/4 × 32 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (84.5 × 82.6 × 42.5 cm)