These were used to protect the feet of furniture where the floor was damp.
Provenance: Kay Fries, Alexandria, VA
Height: 3.75”
Height to rim: 6.5” Diameter: 17.5”
Height: 17.5”
Length: 31.25”
Depth: 12”
The passage of the Patent Act of 1790 required that every application include a miniature working model of their idea. Over the next 90 years more than 200,000 models were submitted, until lack of storage space and fires finally forced...
length 8.75"
4.3 oz
6.5" x 4" x 2" tall
Height: 22” (to shade)
Height: 31”
Width: 17”
Length: 6.125”
Height: 2.25”
Height: 16" to top of shade
Provenance: The Harry Z. Isaacs Collection from Historic Long Branch Estate, Virginia and James Kennedy Antiques., Ltd., Durham NC.
Length Open: 36"
Height with Stand: 15.5"
Long Branch was built on property surveyed by a young George Washington for Lord Fairfax. In 1788, Robert Carter Burwell inherited the land and began...
Height; 6”;
Length: 10.25”;
Depth:5.75"
Height: 4.5”
Diameter: 4.5”