Sideboard Table

Artist / Maker

Possibly by Edward Priestley (1778–1837)

City of Manufacture

Baltimore

Date

c. 1820–1835

Dimensions

48 × 72-1/4 × 24 in.

Medium

Primary woods: mahogany, mahogany veneer

Secondary woods: tulip poplar, white pine, yellow pine

Labels / Inscriptions

Illegible chalk inscription in script on underside of bottom board.

Shipping label: “Klipper, Webster & Co. / Wholesale and Retail Dealers in / FURNITURE / 6 S. Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md.”; recipient’s name in script: “Mr. Sarony / 37 Union Square / New York.”

Provenance

At the shop of Klipper, Webster & Co. (active 1869–c. 1891), Baltimore; Napoleon Sarony, 37 Union Square, New York, probably by 1884. Dr. Larry McCallister (1935–2021), IN; Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Jan. 26, 2013, lot 530. Private Collection; Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Jan. 18, 2018, lot 1195; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2018.