Tilt Top Stand
1739-1759
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, birch, iron brace, 27 3/4 x 17 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (70.5 x 44.5 x 42.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number
2012.304
This tilt-top stand, called a "stand" or "folding stand" in the eighteenth century, is typical of those produced in the urban areas of Boston, Salem, and Essex County for much of this period. The Museum's stand is supported on three cabriole legs that terminate in pad feet, has a turned pillar, and has a squared top with serpentine-shaped sides. The top edges are rounded and the three cabriole legs are chamfered on the inside. This tilt-top stand has been refinished and the hinge end of the pillar block repaired. It is constructed using mahogany and birch and an iron brace.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore, Maryland, by 1987; David Stockwell, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware.
[Presumably] Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880: From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1987, p. 167, ill. 126.
