Sideboard

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1880-1914, undated

GUSN

GUSN-294551

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Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
Albums -- Design Drawings
"Sideboards. Serving Tables."
Sideboards. Serving Tables. -- Page 131
Sideboard
(current record)

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Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
- Albums -- Design Drawings
  - "Sideboards. Serving Tables."
    - Sideboards. Serving Tables. -- Page 131
      - "Mahogany Inlaid Sideboard Stock"
      - Sideboard (current record)
      - "Sideboard of Mahogany and Inlay for Stock"

Description

Design drawing titled of a sideboard rendered in pencil on trace. Neoclassical Hepplewhite-style sideboard has splashboard with convex corners; two deep cupboards with concave fronts flanking a center section of four drawers with bail handles; six tapered square legs; inlaid oval paterae on cupboard doors; bail handles with bat-wing brasses on drawers; and inlaid stringing. Handwritten in pencil is "Mrs. Mac Taggaht."

Details

Descriptive Terms

sideboards (furniture)
Neoclassical
Hepplewhite
design drawings
sketches

Physical Description

1 design drawing in pencil (6 1/4 x 7 inches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.001.002.020.002

Record Details

Originator

A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)

Material Type

design drawings
sketches

Description Level

Item

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