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Miniature Sideboard

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1815

GUSN

GUSN-7751

Description

Serpentine shaped case and conforming top. Straight tapering legs with spade feet. Crossbanding on top of sideboard. String inlay on drawers, doors, dies, legs and frame for tambour doors. Two corn husk pendants set within inlay on dies. Convex rectangular middle drawer above tambour doors. Short convex rectangular side drawers above hinged cabinet doors.

Details

Descriptive Terms

sideboards (furniture)
miniatures (toys)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
veneering
Hepplewhite
Mahogany
Veneered
Inlaid
Hepplewhite
SIDEBOARD

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7.875 x 14.438 x 6 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.770

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