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Catalog Number |
979.20A |
Object Name |
Sideboard |
Features |
Sideboard, kitchen, highback. A - high back for sideboard; B - kitchen sideboard, 2 small drawers at top, 2 large doors below, tear drop pulls, high back has small shelves at sides, casters, walnut trim on door and drawer fronts, extreme front edges and on high back. This piece shows influences from other styles such as Empire and Eastlake. The lighter finish, with dark drawer fronts and detailing, and smaller size reflects a move toward more practical pieces near the end of the Victorian period. This sideboard has been customized with an inkwell holder inside one of the drawers. |
Object Story |
This sideboard was custom made for Joseph VanAlstyne, whose family lived just north of Napanee. The inkwell holder inside one of the drawers suggests that it may also have been used to keep important family papers. On the 1891 census, Joseph VanAlstyne is listed as a "retired farmer" at age 70 and is living with his wife Elizabeth and two grown children, Mathia and William. |
People |
VanAlstyne, Joseph |
Subjects |
Furniture |
Search Terms |
Gibbard's Furniture Gibbards |