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Slate board
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Slate board

1850–1900
Object PlaceMonson, Maine
Medium/TechniqueWood, slate
Credit LineThe Daphne Farago Collection
Accession number2012.1189
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDecorative arts
Collections
Inscriptions"Monson, S. J. Smiley. Maine"ProvenanceEarly history unknown; by 2004, in the collection of Daphne Farago; 2012, year-end gift of the Daphne Farago Collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2013)
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