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Candlestand

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1820

GUSN

GUSN-3313

Description

Candlestand. Wood, painted black. Round top; elongated vase- turned pedestal. Raised on three cabriole legs with snake feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

candlestands (furniture)
wood (plant material)
painting (coating)
turning (shaping process)
Wood
Turned
Painted
Candlestand

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1099

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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