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DIMINUTIVE FEDERAL SIDEBOARD

Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
DIMINUTIVE FEDERAL SIDEBOARD
Attributed to Thomas Howard, Jr. (1744-1833), Providence and Pawtuxet, Rhode Island, Circa 1800

Primary Wood: Mahogany
Secondary Woods: Chestnut, White Pine

Height: 40 1/4 inches
Width: 49 1/2 inches
Depth: 20 1/2 inches

Provenance: A chalk inscription on the interior of the central cupboard reads “Mary Briggs”. The Briggs family were founding members of Rhode Island and among the first settlers. Nathan Liverant and Sons, Inc., Colchester, Connecticut.

Reference: Similar sideboards include two in the collections of Yale University (Ward, American Case Furniture (New Haven, 1988), cats. 214 and 215, pp. 415-417); one in the collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society (Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture (Providence, Rhode Island, 1965), cat. 48, pp. 68-69); one in the collections of Pendleton House (Monkhouse and Michie, cat. 52, pp. 114-115); one in the collections of Colonial Williamsburg (Greenlaw, New England Furniture at Williamsburg (Williamsburg, VA), cat. 111, p. 131-132). See also Sack, American Antiques fromIsrael Sack Collection, vol. 2, p. 408, no. 1031 and Antiques (April 1977), back cover.

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Mahogany
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Federal
Incollect Reference #:	746382

Dimensions

W.	49.5 in;	H.	40.25 in;	D.	20.5 in;
W.	125.73 cm;	H.	102.24 cm;	D.	52.07 cm;

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