Shaker Lamp Stand

1941

American 20th Century

Associated Names
The image shows a wooden object with a long vertical brown handle that has evenly spaced white holes, and a horizontal blue bar intersecting the handle near the top, forming a T-shape. Beneath the handle, there is a semi-circular brown base. The color palette consists mainly of natural brown tones for the handle and base and solid blue for the horizontal bar. The T-shaped object is centrally positioned, with the vertical handle extending downward from the center of the blue bar, which stretches horizontally across the upper part of the image. The semi-circular base is at the bottom end of the handle, completing the minimalist composition on a plain, light background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 35.7 x 28.2 cm (14 1/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.13615


Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 6/30/41 / Cherry Shaker Candle Sconce 1812

Wikidata ID

Q64535126

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