SIDEBOARD

Datecirca 1890

Geography Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Dimensions92.5 x 129 x 61 cm

Object numberHF.89.82.6 A-B

DescriptionA: Large hardwood sideboard with high relief carved details. The side board has a flat top that overhands the body of the sideboard. The front of the top has slight curve. The sideboard has three drawers two half drawers and one full length drawer. All three drawers has ornate brass handles with two handles on the full length drawer. Between the two half length drawers there is a carving of a face. The sideboard also has two cupboard doors with high relief carvings on them as well as metal keyholes. Both side have two recessed rectangular panels. The bottom of the sideboard has scroll carvings. The feet are slightly curved away from the body.
B: Large rectangular mirror mirror framed in the same wood as the sideboard that it connects to. On either side of the mirror there is two recessed panels with a semi-circular disk between them and a turned column that connects to the disks. Directly above the mirror is a row of short spools with an alternating one and two ball pattern. Above this line the top of the mirror is carved with scrolls and the image of a mans face crowned in grapes, pears and vines (possibly a depiction of Bacchus Roman god of wine).
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