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1906-10-18
GUSN-294437
Design drawing titled "Small Size Mahogany Sideboard" rendered in pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Rectangular sideboard has serpentine front; splashboard with concave curved corners; tier of four drawers above tier of four cabinets with doors and two central drawers; two cabriole front legs with carved knees terminating in ball-and-claw feet; and two square tapered rear legs. Drawers have bat-wing brasses and bail handles. Title, dimensions and design notes are handwritten in pencil. Also handwritten is "7'-0" Large Size #135 / 6'-0" Small Size #4648" and customer name "Henry G. Brooks Oct. 18 - 1906." Bottom of paper is cut off.
sideboards (furniture)
Chippendale
Neoclassical
design drawings
sketches
1 design drawing in pencil (6 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.001.002.014.002
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)
design drawings
sketches
Item
"Large Size Mahogany and Inlay Sideboard Stock 48749"
"Sideboard of Mahogany and Inlay"
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