Andiron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
notes: label: Description
content: Mission-style andiron featuring a straight, square upright with a square-domed boss on top, a shaped swing handle attached near its center and two strapwork scrolls banded around its base, on strapwork legs ending in reverse C scrolls for the knees and feet; curved billet bar with log stop and leg at corner. Textured surface decoration. Labeled "F.S.G. ITEM NO. 3". One of a pair, 1982.0024.01A-B.
label: Description
content: Maker is Paul Greiner, who worked at Fred S. Gichner Iron Works, Washington, D.C. and Beltsville, MD.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: German Americans
label: made by
content: Immigrants
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Henry Gichner on behalf of Fred S. Gichner's children
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0024.01A
label: accession number
content: 1982.0024
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0024.01A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: andiron
label: Object Type
content: andirons
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 5/8 in x 14 7/8 in x 23 7/8 in; 67.6275 cm x 37.7825 cm x 60.6425 cm