Candlestick and Rushlight Holder

Arts of the Americas

1750/1850

Artist unknown
American, active 18th/19th century

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Artist unknown
Title: Candlestick and Rushlight Holder
Place: United States (Object made in)
Date: c. 1750–1850
Medium: Iron
Dimensions: 28.6 ✕ 14.6 ✕ 13.3 cm (11 1/4 ✕ 5 3/4 ✕ 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Bessie Bennett
Reference Number: 1912.1825
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Meyric R. Rogers, American Interior Design, New York, 1947, p. 50, (ill.).
Mark Pohlad, “Shooting and Collecting the Great Depression: A Review of ‘Photography + Folk Art’ at the Art Institute,” Newcity Art, last modified Oct. 15, 2019, https://art.newcity.com/2019/10/15/shooting-and-collecting-the-great-depression-a-review-of-photography-folk-art-at-the-art-institute.
Karla Klein Albertson, “Photography + Folk Art,” Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Nov. 19, 2019, https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/photography-folk-art, ill.

Art Institute of Chicago, Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 19, 2020, no cat.

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