Object Number 1959.1874.001

Object Name

Candlestand

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

William Sprats
1747-1810
William Sprats was a Scotsman

Place of Origin

Charlestown, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as Massachusetts, and as one of a "near pair" of candlestands with 1959.1874.002.

Materials

Cherry

Dimensions (inches)

27.675 (H) , 17 (W) , 14.875 (D) , 8.875 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

71.12 (H) , 24.13 (W) , 37.78 (D) , 22.54 (Diam)

Measurement Notes

OW is between feet; OD is from front of one foot to midpoint between opposite two; ODiam is with grain. Diam (across grain) 8.75 in. (22.4 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Apicella, Mary Ann. 2000 The Lum Chest: A Connecticut Yankee in Scotland?. Regional Furniture. XIV
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[Book] Cotton, Bernard D. 2008 Scottish Vernacular Furniture.
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[Book] Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 284.
[Book] Heckscher, Morrison H. 1985 American Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art II Late Colonial Period: The Queen Anne and Chippendale Styles.
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[Book] Jobe, Brock & Kaye, Myrna. 1984 New England Furniture in the Colonial Era.
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[Book] Jobe, Brock. 1993 Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast.
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[Thesis] Rhoades, Elizabeth Adams. 1973 Household Furnishings in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1750-1775. M.A. University of Delaware
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[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 149 (left), pp. 285-86.
[Book] Zea, Philip, et al. 1994 The Dunlap cabinetmakers : a tradition in craftsmanship. 210.
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