C-shaped fender has thin vertical wires held by five horizontal supporting bands; twelve vertical wrought iron supports enclosed by base and top support screen; wavy band at top and bottom of screen for decorative effect; painted black or "stove" blacked.
fenders (fire-controlling equipment)
iron (metal)
wire
wrought
Wire
Iron
Wrought
FENDER
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
16 x 60 x 20.875 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.641
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