Sideboard
Thomas Seymour
(American (born in England), 1771–1848)
John Seymour
(American (born in England), 1738–1818)
1800–12
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, bird's eye maple veneer, birch, chestnut, eastern white pine, soft maple, cut-glass and brass pulls
DimensionsOverall: 114.3 x 171.5 x 73.3 cm (45 x 67 1/2 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number39.160
On View
On viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
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.
ProvenanceAmory family of Boston; acquired for "The M. & M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts" (Accession Date January 12, 1939)
about 1790–1810
about 1810
