A Federal Figured Mahogany Serpentine Sideboard

Early 19th Century

brasses replaced.
Height 40 3/4 x width 72 1/2 x depth 25 1/4 inches.

Provenance:

John Wayles Eppes (d. 1824), first married to Mary (Maria) Jefferson (1778-1804), daughter to Thomas Jefferson, Eppes then married Martha (Patsy) Burke Jones;

to their daughter Sara Ann Eppes (1820-1895), who married Edmund Wilcox Hubard;

to their son Edmund Wilcox Hubard, Jr. (1853-1935), who married Margaret Leake (d. 1937);

to her brother Walter Leake;

to his nephew Frederick Windell;

John Tyler, North Carolina;

Sumpter Priddy III, Alexandria, Virginia.

In overall fine and stable condition. Fitted with a central long drawer, over two cupboard doors and flanked by a cupboard door to each side simulating a stack of two drawers. Appears to retain the original lock mechanisms, though no key present. Retaining a fairly even, early refinished surface with rich figuring to the drawer and cupboard fronts. Old scuffs, marks and scratches consistent with age and use. Few age cracks visible throughout. Some areas of lifting and light splitting the the veneer on the cupboard doors. Few veneer patches visible, but mostly to the edge of the top. Drawer pulls, while seemingly of the period, are likely replaced as there is evidence of other fittings visible from the inside of the drawers and cupboards. Some later boards added to the underside of the top to help secure it. There is a 1" x 6" patch long the bottom edge of the proper left side of the case. A couple of the bottom boards to one side are seemingly early replacements.
Secondary wood: yellow pine

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

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A Federal Figured Mahogany Serpentine Sideboard

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