billet bar
billet bar
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- Description
- Right-angled, stepped billet bar on three legs with cast vase-and-flame log stop bolted through the side corner; extends to the viewer's right. Slot at front receives bracket of andiron DL*329490A or B. No marks. One of a pair of billet bars with andirons, DL*329490A-D.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- billet bar
- arm, andiron
- Object Type
- andirons
- date made
- late 19th century
- place made
- France
- Physical Description
- iron, wrought (overall material)
- iron, cast (log stop material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 16 1/4 in x 9 in; 15.24 cm x 41.275 cm x 22.86 cm
- ID Number
- DL.329490D
- catalog number
- 329490D
- accession number
- 87896
- Credit Line
- Estate of Catherine Walden Myer
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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