Fireback
Object type: Fireback
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Hopewell Furnace
Artist bio: 1795–1800
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: American
Date: ca. 1797
Medium: Cast iron
Dimensions: 3 parts: center 34 inches tall x 27 inches wide x 1/2 inch wide; about 100 lbs
2 side pieces each 34 inches tall x 16 inches wide x 1/2 inches
each about 45 lbs

Geography: Made in Elverson   United States  
Credit line: Purchase, Lee Paula Miller Gift, 2013
Accession year: 2013