Church bench

NameBench

Artist Artist not recorded

Place madeNew Mexico, United States, North America

MediumPine

Dimensions38 × 66 1/4 × 21 1/4 in. (96.5202 × 168.2753 × 53.9751 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Historical Society of New Mexico, A5.1959.29

Object numberA5.1959.29

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionClassic NM colonial style, geometric, open, mortise and tenon construction. Received painted park-bench green, oil paints. Nails added. Nails removed. Green paint and under layer of blue oil paint removed.

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