Sideboard

Creator:: Rawson, Joseph Sr., 1760-1835 (attributed)
Published/Created:: Providence, Providence county, Rhode Island, United States
ca. 1803
Physical Description:: 40 3/8 x 66 1/8 x 23 7/8 in.
Materials:: Mahogany; cherry; ivory; silver
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: A Providence masterpiece. Hepplewhite mahogany and cherry serpentine-front sideboard with recessed serpentine-shaped cupboard flanked by line-inlaid concave turrets, the center bowed drawer has a sliding shelf below and is flanked on each side by three drawers, the drawers and cupboard doors have dark and light fan-inlad quadrants, ivory escutcheons and crossbanded borders; the tapered legs have etched bellflower inlay and inlaid spade feet, the center legs canted, the stiles are inlaid with checkered diamonds connected by loop inlay; the top has an oval paterae with inlaid initials reading "TB 1803" and a diagonal checkered inlaid edge, the center cupboard doors have oval silver plaques engraved "JB April 20, 1803" and "TB April 20, 1803"; amber patina of depth and mellowness. Acquired by us from direct descendants of the Rhodes family. The "B" may stand for Bucklin; Elizabeth Bucklin married James Rhodes in 1848. This sideboard has been attributed to Joseph Rawson by family tradition.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 7, pp. 1940–1941, pl. P5275. Journal/Periodical: The Magazine Antiques (May 1965): p. 573.
Variant Titles:: Hepplewhite mahogany serpentine-front sideboard
Topics:: Decoration and ornament -- Hepplewhite style
Furniture -- United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Hepplewhite
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5275
Genre:: sideboards (furniture) (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, June 1982
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:: 10989354
OID:: 11977758
PID:: digcoll:1024454