Rectangular top w/ canted corners supported by vase and ring turned baluster w/ tripod base. The legs are modified cyma curves w/ scrolled-under feet. Table appears to be put together from parts of two different tables, married at a later date. Probably originally a tip-top stand.
candlestands (furniture)
mahogany (wood)
Mahogany
CANDLESTAND
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
29.75 x 24 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.402
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