Unidentified
Sideboard
1789-1809
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Unidentified
Sideboard
1789-1809
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, light, dark, and stained wood inlays, yellow pine, tulip wood, 39 1/4 x 77 7/8 x 26 1/8 in. (99.7 x 197.8 x 66.4 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Francis White, from the Collection of Mrs. Miles White, Jr.
Object Number
1973.76.221
This sideboard is over six feet long and unusually deep, providing an extra large top surface. The side and front edges of the top are cross-banded by mahogany veneers and line inlays. The front canted corners of the top are often seen in Baltimore side tables. Oval inlay design at the top of the stiles of the ffront legs resembles somewhat the cross section of a tulip bulb; although not a motif commonly found in Baltimore furniture, it is seen again in a demi-lune sideboard also owned by the Museum. The mitred veneers of the drawer fronts and the center banded oval veneers are reminiscent of the work of John Shaw of Annapolis. The bellflower inlays on the legs are characteristic of Baltimore design. Light wood string inlay is used on each end of the sideboard in rectangles with hollow corners.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, by gift, 1973; Nancy Brewster White (Mrs. Francis), Baltimore, Maryland, by 1973; Francis White, Baltimore, Maryland; Mrs. Miles White, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland.
Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880: From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1987, p.145-146, ill. 111.
Maker
Unidentified
2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00
