A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY TILT-TOP CANDLESTAND

PHILADELPHIA, 1750-1790

Details
A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY TILT-TOP CANDLESTAND
Philadelphia, 1750-1790
The circular dished top tilting and turning above a birdcage support over a suppressed-ball and columnar pedestal, on a tripartite base with cabriole legs and ball-and-claw feet
28in. high, 23in. diameter
Provenance
John Walton, Inc., Riverside, Connecitcut
The Bybee Collection, Houston
Literature
Jonathan L. Fairbanks, "American Antiques in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Bybee: Part II," Antiques (July 1968), p. 79.
Charles L. Venable, American Antiques in the Bybee Collection (Austin, Texas, 1989), cat. 22, p. 48.
Exhibited
Houston, Texas, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "An American Sampler, 1700-1875: The Charles Lewis Bybee Memorial Collections," 23 October 1981 - 7 February 1982.