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Tripod Brazier
The collection record classifies this work as furniture and woodwork. It is dated c. 1400–1450. Recorded culture or place: Italy, Siena(?).
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- Museum title
- Tripod Brazier
- Date
- c. 1400–1450
- Culture / origin
- Italy, Siena(?)
- Materials and technique
- wrought iron and copper
- Dimensions
- Overall: 116.8 cm (46 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1916.97
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Metal braziers were filled with hot coals and used to heat rooms. Similar braziers are often depicted in 15th-century paintings and frescoes, shown in use in childbirth scenes and in hospitals, infirmaries, and sick rooms. This brazier consists of a detachable coal pan and an ornate tripod stand. Such objects must have been considered necessary furnishings and therefore subject to decoration. They were portable and could be moved from room to room as needed.
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