SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Sideboard and Cellarette

Duncan Phyfe and Son (American, 1768–1854)

Sideboard and Cellarette, Duncan Phyfe and Son (American, 1768–1854), c. 1840, chiefly rosewood veneer with pine and poplar…
Maker
Duncan Phyfe and Son (American, 1768–1854)
Date
c. 1840
Medium
chiefly rosewood veneer with pine and poplar secondary woods
Form
Case Piece
Origin
America
Culture
America, New York
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession
2000.72
Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
This sideboard and cellarette would have graced a 19th-century room. Notice the keyholes on the drawers of both pieces. Expensive silver utensils were stored in the sideboard and wine was kept under lock and key in the cellarette.
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