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Pair of hanging niches, ca. 1750–55, Carved and gilded wood, composition, and caning
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Pair of hanging niches

Maker unknown · ca. 1750–55

Medium
Carved and gilded wood, composition, and caning
Dimensions
Overall (each): 38 × 11 × 7 1/8 in. (96.5 × 27.9 × 18.1 cm)
Accession
62.244.6, .7
Credit line
Gift of Bernard M. Baruch, in memory of his wife, Annie Griffen Baruch, 1962
Culture
British
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