Andiron
Andiron
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- Description
- Foliate or leafy scroll-patterned andiron curled to the right at top, with a spiraled medallion or pinwheel at center and arched legs ending in scrolls springing in opposite directions. Cast billet bar fused into back of cast upright. No marks. Traces of red paint. One of a pair, 1982.0090.78A-B.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- andiron
- Object Type
- andirons
- date made
- 1830 - 1850
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- iron, cast (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 3/4 in x 6 3/8 in x 14 1/4 in; 29.845 cm x 16.1925 cm x 36.195 cm
- ID Number
- 1982.0090.78B
- accession number
- 1982.0090
- catalog number
- 1982.0090.78B
- Credit Line
- Estate of John Paul Remensnyder
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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