Furniture Hardware 1820 - 1830

"Furniture Hardware" is a small, intricate piece of metalwork created by the American artist Henry Kellam Hancock between 1820 and 1830. It's a gilded metal design, depicting a stylized, intertwined knot, possibly meant to be a decorative element for a piece of furniture. The artwork is currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and showcases Hancock's skill in metalworking and decorative design. This small, but finely crafted, piece would have likely adorned a drawer, door, or other part of a piece of furniture during the early 19th century.