Plant Stand
Maker
Wood and Perot
(American, active 1858 - 1865)
Date1860
MediumCast iron
DimensionsOverall: 77in. (195.6cm)
ClassificationsFURNISHINGS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, by Exchange, with Gifts from Jane B. Sayre Bryant and David E. Bryant in Memory of the Sayre Family
Terms
Object number97.23
DescriptionPainted cast iron, two-tier plant stand; two tiers of appendages supporting trays, cast in the form of flowers, to hold plants. Scrolled and foliate cast supports on scrolled, pedestal base.On View
Not on viewCollections
Label TextFew nineteenth-century cast-iron objects retain their original finish; most have been stripped and repainted. This plant stand is a rare exception because it retains its original paint beneath several modern layers. Conservators microscopically analyzed paint samples to determine the original paint color. The stand has been refinished to approximate its nineteenth-century appearance.
The goods produced by the firm of Wood and Perot exemplify the array of merchandise created by manufactures of ornamental ironwork. In 1860 Wood and Perot retailed goods in New Orleans as well as Philadelphia. The firm advertised that they fabricated "IRON RAILINGS FOR PUBLIC CEMETERIES, SQUARES, CHURCHES, &C. VERANDAS, BALCONIES, BANK COUNTERS, STAIRS, STATUARY, CHAIRS, TABLES, VASES, LAMP POSTS, ANIMALS, and All description of Ornamental Iron Work."
ATD
(August 2002)
