Sideboard, 1855–65
Made in New York City
Walnut, burl walnut veneer, American black ash, yellow poplar, 102 x 79 5/16 x 23 3/4 in. (259.1 x 201.4 x 60.4 cm)
Bequest of Joseph Earl Sheffield
1971.115
Replete with carved images of fish, game, and fruit and other verdure, as well as with Renaissance revival ornament, this sideboard probably owes its inspiration to the prize-winning sideboard designed by Hugues Protat, made by the Parisian firm of A. G. Fourdinois and exhibited in 1851 at the Crystal Palace in London. In the 1853 New York Crystal Palace Exhibition, several sideboards were indebted to the French example for their decoration; this example is like one that Roux showed.
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