Adjustable candlestand

1900-1940

Measurements

32 in x 21 in x 18-3/4 in

Materials

Cherry

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3822

Condition Notes

The stand has been electrified.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The tripod stand has three rung-like legs that socket into a disk base into which a turned post or standard is socketed from above.  The upper portion of the post is threaded to allow the disk-turned tabletop and candle arm to be adjusted.  The shaped candle arm has rounded ends into which modern electric candles and tinned sheet-iron crimped bobeches are attached.  There is no evidence of previous use with real candles.

The candlestand has some vestiges of a black coating or stain around the base.  Elsewhere, it has remnants of a red wash.