Candlestand

William Sprats

Category

Furniture

Creator (Role)

William Sprats (Possible maker)

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) x 17 (W) x 14.875 (D) x 8.875 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

71.12 (H) x 24.13 (W) x 37.78 (D) x 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).

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

Article: Apicella, Mary Ann. 2000 The Lum Chest: A Connecticut Yankee in Scotland?. Regional Furniture. XIV

Book: Cotton, Bernard D. 2008 Scottish Vernacular Furniture.

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.

Book: Jobe, Brock & Kaye, Myrna. 1984 New England Furniture in the Colonial Era.

Book: Jobe, Brock. 1993 Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast.

Thesis: Rhoades, Elizabeth Adams. 1973 Household Furnishings in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1750-1775. M.A. University of Delaware

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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