Record Details
Tripod Base Round Stand
Artist
Artist unidentified
Date1850–1875
Place/RegionProbably Mount Lebanon, New York, United States
MediumCherry
Dimensions26 × 20 × 19 3/4"
Weight: 11 lb.
Weight: 11 lb.
Credit LineGift of Robert Bishop
Accession number1992.10.3
DescriptionThe design of the Shaker round stand is based on Federal tables made at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Shaker designs tended to be conservative and changed little throughout most of the nineteenth century.
Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacy C. Hollander, "Tripod Base Round Stand," Expressions of a New Spirit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: American Folk Art Museum, 1989), 127
