Sideboard
Unidentified Maker

Details
Title
Sideboard
Artist/Maker
Unidentified American Maker, probably Philadelphia
Date
ca. 1875–1885
Medium
Walnut, poplar, painted earthenware tiles, and brass mounts
Dimensions
76 1/2 x 54 1/2 x 27 1/8 inches
Credit
Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection
Accession #
1994.158
With its visible joints and modest ornamentation, this severe, almost medieval looking sideboard was made in accordance with the design theory of Charles Locke Eastlake, a British architect and critic who advocated “honesty” in the construction of furniture. Along with William Morris—an English artist and designer who exhibited works at the Centennial Exhibition—Eastlake called for a return to hand craftsmanship to counter the dominance of machine production in the 1800s.
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