GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Sideboards were novel forms in late 18th-century America, as dedicated rooms for dining-and their associated furnishings-were unusual features in homes (prior to this time, dining usually took place in a multipurpose room). Used for storage as well as the display of tableware and elaborate foodstuffs, sideboards typically served multiple uses before, during, and following a meal. The lower right drawer of this example is fitted with dividers to store liquor bottles.
Excerpt from
Kevin W. Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Label text (1985.B.38), 2006.
NOTES
- provenance form in TMS changed to comply with Guidelines and Procedures for Provenance Display
- Venable catalogue essay added to TMS as a text entry
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PROVENANCE
c. 1911: Arthur Little, Boston, Massachusetts
After 1911-1952: unknown collection
1952: Israel Sack, Inc., New York, New York
1952-1962: Virginia and Nicholas Giannestras, Cincinnati, Ohio
1962: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc sale 2028 (13 Jan. 1962): lot 154, Israel Sack, New York, New York
1962-1985: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1985: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is Charles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, 1989), 83-85.
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WEB RESOURCES
- Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities~View an interior photograph of the dining room in the Arthur Little House, 35 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., photograph dates to sometime before 1923
- Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities~View an interior photograph of the dining room mantel in the Arthur Little House, 35 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.
- The British Museum~View the French print entitled, L'après-dinée des Anglais that illustrates the sexual segregation of after-dinner entertainment in the early 19th century that enabled men to use the sideboard as a place to relieve themselves
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FUN FACTS
Branded into the back of the sideboard is the name "Arthur Little." While no history of provenance accompanied the piece, it seems likely the sideboard was once part of the collection of the noted Boston Colonial Revival architect of that name.
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General Description
Sideboards were novel forms in late 18th-century America, as dedicated rooms for dining-and their associated furnishings-were unusual features in homes (prior to this time, dining usually took place in a multipurpose room). Used for storage as well as the display of tableware and elaborate foodstuffs, sideboards typically served multiple uses before, during, and following a meal. The lower right drawer of this example is fitted with dividers to store liquor bottles.
Excerpt from
Kevin W. Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Label text (1985.B.38), 2006.
Fun Facts
Branded into the back of the sideboard is the name "Arthur Little." While no history of provenance accompanied the piece, it seems likely the sideboard was once part of the collection of the noted Boston Colonial Revival architect of that name.
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities~View an interior photograph of the dining room in the Arthur Little House, 35 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., photograph dates to sometime before 1923
- Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities~View an interior photograph of the dining room mantel in the Arthur Little House, 35 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.
- The British Museum~View the French print entitled, L'après-dinée des Anglais that illustrates the sexual segregation of after-dinner entertainment in the early 19th century that enabled men to use the sideboard as a place to relieve themselves
Notes
- provenance form in TMS changed to comply with Guidelines and Procedures for Provenance Display
- Venable catalogue essay added to TMS as a text entry
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
c. 1911: Arthur Little, Boston, Massachusetts
After 1911-1952: unknown collection
1952: Israel Sack, Inc., New York, New York
1952-1962: Virginia and Nicholas Giannestras, Cincinnati, Ohio
1962: Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc sale 2028 (13 Jan. 1962): lot 154, Israel Sack, New York, New York
1962-1985: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1985: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is Charles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, 1989), 83-85.
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