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In formal dining rooms, a wine cooler could be moved beside the dinner table within reach of the host. A removable metal liner held ice to chill several bottles, and casters allowed such heavy furniture to be moved with ease.
Wine cooler
English
about 1790
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, mahogany veneers, original tin liner
Dimensions
71.12 cm (28 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John S. Ames
Accession Number66.973
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
In formal dining rooms, a wine cooler could be moved beside the dinner table within reach of the host. A removable metal liner held ice to chill several bottles, and casters allowed such heavy furniture to be moved with ease.
DescriptionMahogany. In the form of an oval covered urn on rectangular foot with casters.