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Object Record
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Object name |
Sideboard |
Artist or maker |
unknown |
Place of origin |
New York City |
Materials and techniques |
mahogany veneer with tulip poplar secondary wood and brass pulls |
Physical description |
American mahogany Hepplewhite combination sideboard desk. Features two long drawers in center. Insets flank these drawers with a smaller drawer above a cabinet on each side. There is a decorative border around the top and seashell inlays. |
Historical context |
Sideboards were an English invention which became popular in the late eighteenth century. Hepplewhite, the premier designer for these pieces, commented in his guide: "The great utility of this piece...has procured it a very general reception; and the conveniencies it affords render a dining-room incomplete without a sideboard." |
Current exhibit |
Private Dining at Fraunces Tavern |
Catalogue number |
1953.01.001 |
Collection name |
Furniture and Decorative Arts |
Credit line |
Gift of Mrs. Moses K. Goodridge, 1953 |
Subjects and places |
food service social entertainment furniture |