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On Display: House - Billiard Room
Stand (Drinking stand)
1805-1815
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Birch
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1957.0066
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1957.0066
Object Name
Stand (Drinking stand)
Category
Furniture
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) x 19 (W) x 16.625 (D) x 17 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
79.693 (H) x 48.26 (W) x 42.228 (D) x 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).
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