Andiron
Andiron
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- Description
- Knife-blade andiron with a sharp-edged knop finial on rounded, high-arched legs ending in penny feet. Hollow-cast, vertically-seamed finial and thin, square support are peened on top of the baluster-shaped upright which is made as one piece with the legs. Stepped billet bar tenoned through lower part of upright. No marks. One of a pair, DL*388200A-B.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- andiron
- Object Type
- andirons
- date made
- 1800-1830
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts
- United States
- Physical Description
- iton, wrought (upright and legs, billet bar material)
- brass (finial material)
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 19 1/8 in x 21 in; 91.44 cm x 48.5775 cm x 53.34 cm
- ID Number
- DL.388200B
- catalog number
- 388200B
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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