POSSIBLY SAMUEL WING (1774-1854), SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS, 1800-1815

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A FEDERAL MAPLE CANDLESTAND
POSSIBLY SAMUEL WING (1774-1854), SANDWICH, MASSACHUSETTS, 1800-1815
26 3/4 in. high, 19 in. wide, 13 1/4 in. deep

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Lot Essay

With its flared feet, this candlestand was possibly made by Samuel Wing (1774-1854) of Sandwich, Massachusetts. For a similar example see Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan and Jack O'Brien, Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 (Lebanon, NH, 2009), p. 163, no. 54.

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