Sideboard
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Date1815-1820
MediumMahogany | Glass
DimensionsOverall: 98 1/4 x 80 1/2 x 20 3/8 in. (249.6 x 204.5 x 51.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles H. Hamlin
Object number50.28.1
Not on view
DescriptionMahogany sideboard surmounted by a glass four-door cabinet. Thought to have been made in Norfolk, Va. Handles were removed soon after it came to the museum. This piece is said to have been used in a Yorktown tavern prior to the Revolutionary War and has been in the Swan Tavern at the Yorktown Restoration for the past twenty-five years.Exhibition HistoryMyers House/Consul Room Published ReferencesThomas R. J. Newbern and James R. Melchor, _Classical Norfolk Furniture, 1810-1840_ (Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, 2004), 73.
