FDA-A.240-2013
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.240-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Anderson Sideboard
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Mahogany sideboard, c.1835, with a superstructure, three frieze drawers and two deep bowed drawers
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 1080mm
width (actual size): 2225mm
depth (actual size): 900mm
width (actual size): 2225mm
depth (actual size): 900mm
Material
mahogany
oak
pine
brass
ebonised
oak
pine
brass
ebonised
Physical description
Mahogany and ebonised sideboard; with a recatangular top above a panelled superstructure centred by a tablet flanked by a sliding panel interposed by ribbed panels, the lower section with projecting curved angles and an inward curved frieze with 3 drawers flanked by two bowed deep drawers with compartments and a later turned handle and brass escutcheon on baluster columnar ribbed uprights and ribbed tapering legs terminating in flattened bun feet with ebonised mouldings throughout; some losses to mouldings
Production
Date
1830-37
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: With a dealer/auction house in Edinburgh; from whom purchased by Eric and Poppy Anderson; from whom purchased by Eton College for the Charteris Rooms in November 1993
