id:			161710
accession number:	2000.72.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.72.1
updated:		2023-01-11 09:26:21.964000

Sideboard, c. 1840. Firm of Duncan Phyfe and Son (American, 1768–1854). Chiefly rosewood veneer with pine and poplar secondary woods; overall: 99 x 168.9 x 59.7 cm (39 x 66 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2000.72.1

title:				Sideboard
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creation date:			c. 1840
creation date earliest:		1835
creation date latest:		1845
current location:		205 Federal American
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, New York City, 19th century
technique:	chiefly rosewood veneer with pine and poplar secondary woods
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Furniture
type:		Furniture and woodwork
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CREATORS

* Duncan Phyfe and Son (American, 1768–1854)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 99 x 168.9 x 59.7 cm (39 x 66 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	(Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., NY)
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fun fact:
This sideboard and cellarette would have graced a 19th-century room. Notice the keyholes on the drawers of both pieces. Expensive silver utensils were stored in the sideboard and wine was kept under lock and key in the cellarette.

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Easily the most famous American furniture maker, Duncan Phyfe (born Scotland, 1768-1854) gave his name to New York furniture that is similar to English Sheraton pieces of the early 19th century-characterized by simple designs, straight lines, thin legs, and classical ornamentation. Despite the fashionable success enjoyed by his work, Phyfe responded to stylistic changes, and by the 1830s had evolved a more severe mode that has been termed the "Grecian plain style." This sideboard and its cellarette (a cabinet for storing wine or liquor) are superb examples of that taste, relying for their effect on relatively simple structural forms with ornamentation largely limited to the use of boldly patterned rosewood veneers.
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