Sideboard

Creator:

Whitehead, William, active ca. 1790-1820

Published/Created:

New York, New York state, United States
ca. 1794–1799

Physical Description:

40 x 72 x 29 1/2 in.

Materials:

mahogany

Notes:

Sack catalogue description: Hepplewhite mahogany sideboard, bowed ends with serpentine center and conforming recessed cupboard, delicate bellflower and loop-inlaid legs; doors, drawers and stiles centered by circular and oval crotch panels with black and white line-inlaid borders, double teardrop inlay under each diamond escutcheon, beautiful mellow brown patina. Each door of the center compartment bears the label of William Whitehead, reading "William Whitehead / Cabinet & Chair Maker / No. 75 / Pearl Street / New York"; Whitehead was at this address from 1794–1799. A distinctive detail is the double teardrop inlay under each diamond escutcheon; this feature, plus closely related bellflower inlay, can be seen in the great serpentine sideboard in the Karolik collection.
Related objects: Website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/sideboard-44563 (accessed July 24, 2014).
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 3, p. 650, pl. 1449.
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YUAG catalogue note: The related sideboard in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is object 39.141.

Variant Titles:

Hepplewhite mahogany sideboard

Topics:

Decoration and ornament -- Hepplewhite style
Furniture -- United States

Period/Style:

Federal
Hepplewhite

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

3025

Genre:

sideboards (furniture) (AAT)

Format:

Image
Physical Object

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Source Title:

Israel Sack, Inc., Archive

Source Created:

New York, New York, United States
1957–1990

Source Note:

Sack, January 1970
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.

Folder:

Folder 10718 cab4dr3 tif

Yale Collection:

Yale University Art Gallery

Digital Collection:

Israel Sack Furniture Archive

oid pointer:

10989150

OID:

11977701

PID:

digcoll:1024390

Number of Pages: 2