Sideboard

Object Name:

Sideboard

Object ID:

2015.014

Creator:

Deming & Bulkley -- Cabinetmaker

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

circa 1840

Description:

Sideboard. Attributed to Deming & Bulkley, New York, NY, c. 1840. Empire style, rectangular form. Mahogany and mahogany veneer with pine secondary framing, base, and backboards. Two columns on front corners terminating in large ball feet. Horizontal mahogany panel on back of top. Three panel doors on front; two hinged, and center movable door on a track. Two drawers with original cast brass hinged pulls added during the later 19th century. From the Pierce house in Hillsborough, NH; said to have belonged to Franklin Pierce.

Material:

Wood
Mahogany
Pine

Dimensions:

H-45 W-50.5 D-21.5 inches

Provenance:

According to a narrative provided by Patricia Gibson Baker, the sideboard, as well as groups of the McNeil and Pierce papers previously donated, were acquired from the Pierce family by Mary Caroline (Childs) Mansfield (1879-1942) of Hillsborough. On Mary Mansfield's death, they passed to her good friend, Lottie Gibson Hartwell (1864-1948), who in turn bequeathed them to her nephew Harold Gibson, and his daughters, Patricia Gibson Baker, Barbara Gibson Johnson, and Joan Gibson Reid.

Credit Line:

Gift of Patricia Gibson Baker, Barbara Gibson Johnson, and Joan Gibson Reid

People:

Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869), Mansfield, Mary C. (1879-1942), Hartwell, Lottie G. (1864-1948)

Subjects:

Sideboards