Candle Stand

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Although several similar stands exist, this example is one of the finest known. Note the elongated "wine-bottle" post and the graceful springing legs, which are tapered both in thickness and length. An almost identical stand is owned by the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art