About the Artwork
Serpentine Sideboard
ca.1800
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American
American
Mahogany veneers, light wood inlay and pine
Overall: 40 1/2 × 66 1/2 × 26 3/8 inches (102.9 × 168.9 × 67 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Gift of Miss Grace Tower in memory of Miss Nell Tower
46.286
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Provenance
Grace Tower
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 27, 4 (1948): p. 90 (ill.).
Margon, L. More American Furniture Treasures, 1620-1840. New York, 1971, pp. 202-203.
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American, Serpentine Sideboard, ca.1800, mahogany veneers, light wood inlay and pine. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Miss Grace Tower in memory of Miss Nell Tower, 46.286.
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