Object Number 1957.0066

Object Name

Stand (Drinking stand)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Found in Salem, Massachusetts, but according to Montgomery neither the shape of the legs nor the turnings of the pillar is related to Salem or any other identified cabinetwork known to him.

Date

1805-1815

Materials

Mahogany; Birch; Paint

Dimensions (inches)

31.375 (H) , 19 (W) , 16.625 (D) , 17 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

79.693 (H) , 48.26 (W) , 42.228 (D) , 43.18 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

OH to top; OW between feet; OD from front of one foot to midpoint between opposite two; ODiam. top, with grain. D (across grain) 16.75 in. (42.4 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: p. 392, no. 388.
[Book] McConnell, Andy. 2004 The Decanter: An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650. 575.
• A mid-18th century mahogany decanter table: pl. 236, p. 169, tripod with open gallery for 6 decanters