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Hanging wall light

about 1810
Medium/TechniqueGilded and painted wood
DimensionsH: 44 in.; W: 22 1/2 in.; D: 16 1/2 in.
Credit LineGift of Horace Wood Brock
Accession number2013.872
On View
On view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1973, Temple Williams, Ltd. Antiques (dealer), London. About 2000, Apter-Fredericks (dealer), London. About 2000, purchased by Horace Wood Brock, New York and Gloucester, MA; 2013, gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2013)
late 18th century
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