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Candlestand

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Collection Type

  • Lighting

Date

1785-1795

GUSN

GUSN-2283

Description

Cherry tripod base candlestnad with turned baluster and round top covered with decorated floor cloth.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candlestands (furniture)
cherry (wood)
oilcloth
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
cherry (wood)
Chippendale
Cherry
Oilcloth
Turned
Painted
Chippendale
CANDLESTAND

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

25 1/2 (H), 16 7/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.291

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