Unidentified
Lamp Stand
1819
Physical Qualities
Grained wood; with stenciled and freehand gilt, polychrome, and bronzed decoration; brass mounts (some replaced), 62 3/8 in. H (158.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund
Object Number
1992.215
At top of lamp stand there is gilt acanthus leaf decoration which is repeated on the column near the base; near center of the column there is a bulbous turning decorated with a stencilled fruit and foliage motif in polychrome and freehand bronzing; scroll base supports are enriched with gilt scrolls and brass rosettes and relate to other pedestal-based pieces in the Wilson family furniture. This stand is part of a group of eight pieces.
Wilson family of Baltimore; by descent to Mrs. William D. Poultney
William Voss Elder, III, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, "Baltimore Painted Furniture", April 18-June 4, 1972, pp. 52-55. Wendy A. Cooper,
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, CLASSICAL TASTE IN AMERICA 1800-1840, June 27-September 26, 2023, p. 106, 291, cat.# 69; circulated to Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, CLASSICAL TASTE IN AMERICA 1800-1840, June 27-September 26, 2023, p. 106, 291, cat.# 69; circulated to Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Maker
Unidentified
