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1903-10-16
GUSN-294450
Design drawing titled "Sideboard of Mahogany and Inlay" rendered in pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Rectangular sideboard has tall splashboard with projecting shallow shelf with serpentine front at top supported by two Ionic-style columns. Case has serpentine front; tier of three drawers above tier of four cabinets with doors and two central drawers; and four cabriole legs with carved knees terminating in ball-and-claw feet. Drawers have round pulls; drawer fronts and cabinet doors have string inlay. Large cabinet doors have inlaid oval patarae that have been crossed out. Title and dimensions are handwritten in pencil. Also handwritten is customer name " Mrs. Peter Hayden" and "Oct. 16 ?17 - 1903." Right side of paper is cut off.
sideboards (furniture)
Chippendale
Neoclassical
design drawings
sketches
1 design drawing in pencil (7 5/8 x 8 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.001.002.015.002
Date may be 1903-10-17.
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)
Possibly Bacon, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1856-1940 (Designer)
design drawings
sketches
Item
"Large Size Mahogany and Inlay Sideboard Stock 48749"
"Small Size Mahogany Sideboard"
Sideboard with branch veneer
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