,

PAIR OF CHIPPENDALE DIAMOND AND FLAME ANDIRONS

Popularly known as Revere Type Andirons

New York or Philadelphia      Circa 1775

Height: 25 inches
Width: 13 inches
Depth: 21 inches

Reference: Nearly identical andirons can be found in collections such as Winterthur and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. See Donald L. Fennimore, Metalwork in Early America: Copper and its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection, p. 134 and 138.

Others are illustrated in Schiffer, The Brass Book, plates 59, a and b.

Inventory Number:  634

Categories: , Tags: , ,

Popularly known as Revere Type Andirons

New York or Philadelphia      Circa 1775

Height: 25 inches
Width: 13 inches
Depth: 21 inches

Reference: Nearly identical andirons can be found in collections such as Winterthur and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. See Donald L. Fennimore, Metalwork in Early America: Copper and its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection, p. 134 and 138.

Others are illustrated in Schiffer, The Brass Book, plates 59, a and b.

Inventory Number:  634