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Culture:American
Title:exterior sheathing
Date Made:1740-1750
Type:Architectural Element
Materials:wood: white pine
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Deerfield
Measurements:overall: 35 5/8 x 13 x 11/16 in.
Accession Number:  HD 1999.805
Credit Line:Field collected
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Rare survival of scored sheathing to imitate the more refined appearance of clapboarding.
Weathered pine exterior sheathing with feathered edges and one feathered end. Other end is roughly cut (late 18th century) when a larger window was installed. Board scored with a beveled recess horizontally with the grain to give the impression ot two narrower clapboard or weather boards.
Provenance: Nims House, north side of main house (immediately to right of east window sill, 2nd floor), Deerfield, Massachusetts, Lot 28.

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