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ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
DepartmentHistoric House
Andirons
Maker
Edward F. Caldwell & Company
(1895 - 1959)
Datecirca 1918
Mediumsilvered brass and iron
DimensionsOverall (pair): 24 1/2 × 41 × 31 1/2 in. (62.2 × 104.1 × 80 cm)
Credit LineReynolda Estate
CopyrightPublic Domain
Object number1922.2.54ab
DescriptionEach one of this pair of massive silvered andirons of inverted baluster form with bold gadrooning is supported on two legs curled inward displaying low-relief Renaissance strap work ornament and sitting atop wide, boldly gadrooned and slightly domed feet. Below each urn is an irregularly shaped plate with scrolled ornament. The large finials above the baluster-shaped urns each display four segments separated by rope ornament.ProvenanceFrom 1964
Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem, NC, acquired in 1964. [1]
Notes:
[1] In the early 1960s Charles H. Babcock (1899-1967) gave the house and its contents to the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation. The house was then incorporated as a museum and collection (Reynolda House, Inc.) on December 18, 1964 with the signing of the charter at its first board meeting. The museum first opened to the public in September 1965.
Status
On view