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Tilt-top candelstand; square top with rounded corners and serpentine edges; inlaid quarterfan in each corner; three legs with slipper feet.
candlestands (furniture)
birch (wood)
Candleholder
Candlestand
Candlestand
Tilt-top tables and stands were standard items in New England homes. Quite portable, they could be used anywhere in a room as work, dining or tea tables or stored against the wall with their tops up. This is a particularly handsome example. The urn-shaped pedestal is well turned, and the serpentine top is embellished with inlaid fans in the corners and crossed sprigs in the center. Historic New England owns a desk and bookcase with the identical fan and sprig inlay on the doors. Both pieces descended in the Barrett family of New Ipswich, New Hampshire.
Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),
B1958.73AB
Unknown
43 1/4 x 23 3/4 x 18 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Caroline Barr Wade
1955.398
Sander, Penny. Elegant Embellishments. Boston; SPNEA; 1982.
New Hampshire (United States)
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