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Directory: Antiques: Furnishings: Accessories: Boxes: Pre 1837 VR: Item # 1460612

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STUDIO ANTIQUES & FINE ART, INC.
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Virginia

Tea Chest in the Form of a Sideboard, in mahogany and deal, having a rectangular hinged top with shaped and carved backsplash, opening to a felt lined interior with two compartments for teaspoons and a moulded crystal sugarbowl. The front with a starburst pierced central panel flanked by hinged doors with applied plinth-form decoration and opening to foil lined drawers for green and black teas.

William Smee & Sons, London, published a catalog of furniture designs in 1850 which had sideboards of similar form. (See Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Designs by Edward Joy, pp 435-36.)

Exhibited: The 48th Washington Antique Show, “Inside and Outside the Box”.

English Circa 1840.

13.25” x 7” x 11.25” (Non-working key)