A TWELVE-LIGHT TURNED AND PAINTED WOOD, TIN AND IRON WIRE CHANDELIER

POSSIBLY PENNSYLVANIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A TWELVE-LIGHT TURNED AND PAINTED WOOD, TIN AND IRON WIRE CHANDELIER
Possibly Pennsylvania, 19th century
The baluster-turned stem with pineapple finial issuing twelve iron wire serpentine candlearms each mounted with a cut-tin turkey silhouette below serpentine arms with cone-shaped flame guard
19½in. high
Literature
Lipman and Winchester, The Flowering of American Folk Art: 1776-1876 (New York, 1974), p. 260, fig. 365.
Exhibited
New York, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, "The Flowering of American Folk Art: 1776-1876" 1 February - 24 March 1974.

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