Sunflower andirons

Object Details

• Designer

  Thomas Jeckyll (1827-1881)

• Manufacturer

  Barnard, Bishop, & Barnards

• Description

  Pair of gilded wrought and cast-iron andirons (fire dogs) in the form of stylized sunflowers.

• Provenance

  To 1980

  Jeremy Cooper Limited, London, to 1980 [1]

  From 1980

  Unknown private collector, purchased from Jeremy Cooper Limited in 1980 [2]

  From 1982 to 1983

  Dan Klein Limited, London, (in associated with Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London), purchased from an unknown private collector, London, in 1982 [3]

  From 1983

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dan Klein Limited (in association with Fischer Fine Art Ltd.) in 1983

  Notes:

  [1] According to information in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Peacock Room in Blue and White (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)

  The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Jeremy Cooper Limited

• Origin

  Norwich, England

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Furniture and Furnishing

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• Date

  1880s, 1870s

• Name

  Jeremy Cooper Limited

• Place

  Norwich, England

• Topic

  Gilding, Art, Sculpture, American Art, Iron, Sunflower, Metal-work

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Furniture, Furnishings