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1800-1820
GUSN-2856
Federal cherrywood candlestand, its sqare top with invected corners; on vase/baluster turned pedestal on tripod base, the 3 snake feet mortised into shaped cylindrical base; natural finish.
candlestands (furniture)
cherry (wood)
mortise-and-tenon joints
joining
nailing
turning (shaping process)
cherry (wood)
Federal
Cherry
Turned
Mortise & Tenon
Nailed
Federal
CANDLESTAND
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
USA, New England
27.25 x 15.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1317
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