Sideboard Table

Date1735-1770

OriginAmerica, Massachusetts, Boston or North Shore (probably)

MediumMahogany, white pine, and marble

DimensionsOH: 27 3/4"; OW: 52 1/4"; OD: 24 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1930-196

DescriptionAppearance: Sideboard table; rectangular top of mottled gray and white marble with molded edge; rounded and indented front corners. Frame of mahogany; front apron bowed at base; applied shell in center of front; front corners rounded and indented to correspond with top; side aprons arched at base; four cabriole legs; front two have shell with pendant bellflower carved on knees from solid; all legs end in trifed feet.

Woods: The back rail, corner blocks, and medial brace running from back to front on the underside are white pine.
InscribedGeometric design inside front skirt; "6400/2" in chalk inside front rail.
ProvenanceEx Coll: Philip Flayderman