- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Rev. Randolph, Florence Spearing, American, 1866 - 1951
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Medium
- cast iron and wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 36 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (93.3 x 59.7 x 59.7 cm)
- Description
- Cast iron dictionary stand with four legs. At the end of each leg is a small wheel. The legs are ornamented with stylized vines. A pole attaches to the base of the legs through a rectangular shelf. The pole is topped with a book stand. The stand top consists of two independent wood shelves that form a single cradle. Each side of the cradle can be adjusted with wing nuts on the stand extensions. In the middle of the cradles is a metal rest for accommodating the book spine. The cradle is adjustable with various articulating mechanisms. A patent number on the underside of the metal cradle for the book spine reads “PAT. DEC. 10 95.” There is a rectangular shelf below the cradle. The shelf has four upright prongs. The base of the shelf is stylized with scallops, geometric lines, and shapes. Both sides of the book cradle have wood wedges at the top and bottom.
- Place used
- New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Tools and Equipment
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- bookstands
- Topic
- Activism
- African Methodist Episcopal
- Domestic life
- Language
- Literature
- Oratory
- Preaching
- Social reform
- Suffrage
- The Black Church
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the family of Florence Spearing Randolph
- Object number
- 2013.45.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




