Place Made

Date Made

1800-1830

Medium

maple

Dimensions

HOA 28 1/2; WOA 18 1/2; DOA 18 1/2

Accession Number

107

Description

DESCRIPTION: Curly maple tripod stand, rectangular top, turned post. Chip carving on top edge reminiscent of the type seen on spinning wheel bases.

LABEL NOTES:
Attributed to Karsten Petersen
Salem, North Carolina
1815-1830
Maple
Old Salem Purchase Fund

Figured or curly maple seems to have been a popular wood choice in Salem in the first half of the nineteenth century. Because of the challenge of working with it Petersen charged slightly more for furniture made from “Curl Mabel.”

History

LABEL NOTES: Salem inventories almost universally list candelstands, and Pennsylvania inventories most often place them in the dining room/back parlors. This apparently was where the candlesticks were kept during the day, as the family would most likely be in this room when it began to get dark, and the candles could be lit and carried around the house.

Credit Line

Old Salem Purchase Fund