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Sideboard

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-37961

Description

Sideboard. Mahogany, mahogany veneer, white pine secondary wood, brass inlay. Bowed center with doors and drawers, scrolled splashboard. Rests on six reeded legs with carved cornucopiae.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sideboards (furniture)
brass (alloy)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
Norway spruce (wood)
Federal
Sideboard

Inscription

In pencil on drawers; bottom: drawer nos.; ""Bottom""

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

49 1/4 x 74 3/4 x 21 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Maud Otis Kimball and Katherine Kimball Baker

Accession Number

1935.770

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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