Sideboard

1825–35

Artist unknown (American, 19th century)
Philadelphia or Baltimore

Status: On View, Gallery 172
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Artist unknown
Title: Sideboard
Place: Philadelphia (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1825–1835
Medium: Mahogany, mahogany veneer, poplar, and eastern white pine
Dimensions: 124.5 × 186.4 × 59.7 cm (49 × 73 3/8 × 23 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Alfred S. Burdick, Alfred T. Carton, Hibbard family heirs, Mrs. Paul B. Magnuson, and the Decorative Arts Purchase Fund of The Art Institute of Chicago
Reference Number: 1974.8
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Milo M. Naeve, Classical Presence in American Art (Art Institute of Chicago, 1978), no. 27, 22 (ill.).
“The Classical Presence in American Art,” Magazine Antiques (Sept. 1978), 503 (ill.).
Donald L. Fennimore, “Egyptian Influence in Early Nineteenth–Century American Furniture,” Magazine Antiques (May 1990), 1200 (ill.).
Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 159–161, no. 70 (ill.).

Said to have been made for Dr. Arthur John Rich (1779-1853) and Mrs. Mary White Wiltbank Rich (b. Lewistown, DE, 1802, d. 1869, m. 1825, Philadelphia), around 1830; by descent to the Rev. Dr. Arthur John Rich (1829-1892), Reisterstown, MD, from 1874; bequeathed to his son, Edward N. Rich (m. Fannie Keiss Miller Rich, 1856), 1892; by descent to Mrs. Virginia Wiltbank Rich (Mrs. B. Latrobe) Weston (m. 1913), Onderdale (?), MD, about 1913; by descent to Mrs. Frances Miller Rich Tyrrell, 1961; given to Hannah Moore Academy, Cockeysville, MD, 1967; private collection, Chestertown, MD; with Anthony A. P. Stuempfig Antiques, Philadelphia, by 1974; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1974.

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