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1880-1914, undated
GUSN-294508
Design drawing titled "Sideboard of Mahogany Inlay & Branch Veneer rendered in pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Neoclassical Hepplewhite-style D-shaped sideboard has splashboard with concave curved corners; overhanging top; four central drawers which project slightly flanked by two compartments with doors; and six tapered square legs. Center panels on splashboard and above drawers have inlaid kylix and garland motifs; inlaid stringing on cabinet doors, drawer fronts and legs; and inlaid bellflowers on legs. Title, "Hepplewhite," and "48088 Sinclair (Whittemore)" are handwritten in pencil. Also handwritten in red is "756."
sideboards (furniture)
Neoclassical
Hepplewhite
design drawings
sketches
1 design drawing in pencil (6 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.001.002.018.002
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)
design drawings
sketches
Item
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