Candlestand

Date1800-1830

OriginAmerica, Virginia, Caroline County

MediumBlack walnut

DimensionsOH: 29 1/2"l OW: 19" OD: 16"; Diam: 14 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Sara and Fred Hoyt Furniture Fund

Object number2011-119

DescriptionCandlestand with round top attached to a hexagonal block above a flaring hexagonal post supported by three shaped feet with flat sides.
Label TextThis simple candle stand has a hexagonal pedestal and flat sawn legs rather than the decorative turned pedestals found on most stands and tea tables of the period. The maker may not have had had access to a lathe, the tool used to turn wood into rounded shapes. The stand appears in turn-of-the-century photographs of a second floor chamber at Bowling Green Farm.

This stand descended in the Hoomes, Maury, and White families of Bowling Green Farm in Caroline County, Virginia. It remained in the house until 2012. Because of its history at Bowling Green, the stand can be placed in a specific geographical context—a rarity for such utilitarian furniture. While we may not know the name of the artisan who made this piece, the craftsman most likely worked in the adjacent town of Bowling Green or the surrounding area of Caroline County, Virginia.

ProvenanceDescended in the Hoomes, Maury, and White families of Bowling Green Farm in Bowling Green, Virginia.

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