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Wood Screw Candle Arm

Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1800-1830

GUSN

GUSN-11070

Description

A chestnut-maple wood screw candlearm, its round chestnut base has a screw shaft with cross arm; the cross arm is inset with 2 metal rings; natural warm brown finish; stamped.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candle brackets
chestnut (wood)
tooling
maple (wood)
chestnut (wood)
maple (wood)
Chestnut
Maple
Tooled
Unpainted
CANDLESTAND

Inscription

On the side of the arm is stamped: ""F. & L.G.""

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

34 x 12.5 (HxW), 12 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.419

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