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- Description
- Andiron or billet bar made of a single piece of wrought iron split and bent at the ends to form two pairs of splayed legs. One of a pair, DL*61.0120A-B.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- andiron
- Object Type
- andirons
- date made
- 18th century
- place made
- United States: West Virginia
- place used
- United States: West Virginia
- Physical Description
- iron, wrought (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 7/8 in x 4 in x 16 7/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 10.16 cm x 42.8625 cm
- ID Number
- DL.61.0120B
- catalog number
- 61.0120B
- accession number
- 88149
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Walter Hough
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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