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Sideboard
Attributed to: Thomas Seymour (American (born in England), 1771–1848)
and Possibly: John Seymour (American (born in England), 1738–1818)
and Possibly: John Seymour (American (born in England), 1738–1818)
1800–12
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, bird's eye maple veneer, birch, chestnut, eastern white pine, soft maple, cut-glass and brass pulls
Dimensions
Overall: 114.3 x 171.5 x 73.3 cm (45 x 67 1/2 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number39.160
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
American sideboards featuring a serpentine front and a stepped-back upper tier of drawers are derived from Scottish examples. While the Seymours occasionally made furniture in this form (a slightly larger example is also on view in this gallery), no other Boston cabinetmaking shop seems to have produced them. The sideboard is one of several Seymour pieces that descended in the Amory family.
Catalogue Raisonné
Eighteenth-Century American Arts No. 47
ProvenanceAmory family of Boston; acquired for "The M. & M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts" (Accession Date January 12, 1939)