Pair of Andirons | Yale University Art Gallery

1760–80

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium: Brass and wrought iron
Dimensions: 24 3/4 × 13 × 20 in. (62.9 × 33 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Olive Louise Dann
Accession Number: 1962.31.58a-b
Geography: Probably made in New York
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography

Gerald W. R. Ward, "American Pewter, Brass, and Iron in the Yale University Art Gallery," Antiques (June 1980): 1307, pl. 4, ill.

Judith Bernstein et al., The Eye of the Beholder: Fakes, Replicas, and Alterations in American Art, ed. Gerald W. R. Ward, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1977), 52, fig. 64.

Charles F. Montgomery, "And of Early American Art," Yale Alumni Magazine 39, no. 7 (April 1976): 18, ill.

Charles F. Montgomery and Patricia E. Kane, eds., American Art: 1750–1800 Towards Independence, exh. cat. (Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976), 233, fig. 206.

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Object/Work type

andirons

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