Candlestand
MakerAttributed to
James Woodward
(American, 1769 - 1839)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1815-25
MediumMahogany
Dimensions25 3/4 × 14 3/16 in. (65.4 × 36 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary Willoughby Hill Staley
Object number2014.6
Not on view
Label TextCandlestand, ca. 1815–25
Mahogany
Gift of Mary Willoughby Hill Staley 2014.6
ProvenanceOriginal ownership by Nivison or Tazewell families, Norfolk, VA. Inherited as family heirloom by Mary Willoughby Hill Staley, Maynard, MA. Gift from Mary Willoughby Hill Staley to Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 2014.Exhibition History"The Norfolk Rooms," Willoughby-Baylor House, Norfolk, VA, opened August 16, 2014.Published ReferencesThomas R. J. Newbern and James R. Melchor, _Classical Norfolk Furniture: 1810-1840_ (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 2004) 114, fig. 8-32.
