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SIDEBOARD

Sideboard. Culture: American. Dimensions: 92 3/4 x 71 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. (235.6 x 182.2 x 65.1 cm). Maker: Alexander Roux (1813-1886). Date: ca. 1853. This sideboard by Aleander Roux is an "etagere" type, with an upper structure of shelves meant for the display of dining ware. Sometimes dubbed "the altar of gastronomy," the form became popular in America and Eurpoe about 1850 and remained a prominent feature of dining rooms for the next quarter century. Hunt and harvest themes prevailed. Roux displayed the prototype for this piece at the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York. Afterward, he was commissioned to make a pair of related sideboards for the Astor family--this one and its mate, which is at the Newark Museum.
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Title: SIDEBOARD
Caption: Sideboard. Culture: American. Dimensions: 92 3/4 x 71 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. (235.6 x 182.2 x 65.1 cm). Maker: Alexander Roux (1813-1886). Date: ca. 1853. This sideboard by Aleander Roux is an "etagere" type, with an upper structure of shelves meant for the display of dining ware. Sometimes dubbed "the altar of gastronomy," the form became popular in America and Eurpoe about 1850 and remained a prominent feature of dining rooms for the next quarter century. Hunt and harvest themes prevailed. Roux displayed the prototype for this piece at the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York. Afterward, he was commissioned to make a pair of related sideboards for the Astor family--this one and its mate, which is at the Newark Museum.
Technique/material: Black walnut, pine
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Maker: Alexander Roux (1813-1886)
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 2919 × 3680 px | 30.7 MB
Print size: 24.7 × 31.2 cm | 1149.2 × 1448.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ALEXANDER ROUX (1813-1886) • AMERICAN DECORATIVE ARTS • BLACK WALNUT • BLACK WALNUT, PINE • FURNITURE • MADE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NEW YORK CITY • NEW YORK • NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA • PINE • SIDEBOARDS • SOFTWOOD • UNITED STATES • WALNUT • WOOD