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Tilt-top with tripod base of outward-curving horn-like legs; ball feet. Pedestal has turned rings; gilding. Circular brass stop at top has knob-like handle controlling "telescopic" wooden shaft. Shaft: square support with scissor-like mechanism. Scene of seated man, floral motifs; scalloped border.
candlestands (furniture)
brass (alloy)
gilding
japanning
lacquering
turning (shaping process)
wood (plant material)
Chinoiserie
floral patterns
scalloping
Lacquered
Japanned
Gilded
Turned
Scalloped
Brass
Chinoiserie
Floral
CANDLESTAND
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
43.063 x 19.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.336.2
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