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Fender for Fireplace

Retailer: Herter Brothers, American, 1865-1905
Medium: Brass
Place Manufactured: England
Dates: ca. 1881
Dimensions: 15 x 35 1/8 x 17 1/2 in. (38.1 x 89.2 x 44.4 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Everyday Life/A Nation Divided, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 41.980.15
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William E. S. Griswold in memory of her father, John Sloane
Image: Overall, 41.980.15_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Fender for fireplace, brass; scroll design inset in long front panel, two short side panels, front corners have ball finials with gadroon decoration on lower portion supported by rope twist standard resting on a mushroom foot. Small ball finials on back part of side panels. Condition: Good

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