Design for Sideboard with Six Legs and Four Central Drawers
1900â05
Medium
furniture
Classification
furniture
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society
Accession Number
2000-69-12
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Behold the *Design for Sideboard with Legs and Four Central Drawers*, a captivating blueprint from A.N. Davenport Co., between 1900 and1905. This furniture design hails from the height of America's Gilded Age transition into the new century, when ornate yet functional pieces like sideboards graced elegant dining rooms. Sideboards served as stylish storage for silverware, linens, and china, blending utility with display in middle- and upper-class homes. A.N. Davenport Co., a prominent Massachusetts-based manufacturer, was renowned for producing high-quality, stamped furniture that reflected th...