Not on display

This object consists of 16 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Sideboard

1876 (made)
Artist/Maker
Wright & Mansfield (designed and made)
Place of origin
London (made)

Cabinet of satinwood inlaid with tulipwood with painted panels

Object details

Category
Furniture
Object type
Sideboard
Parts
This object consists of 16 parts.

  • Sideboards (Furniture)
  • Upper Stage
  • Shelf
  • Shelf
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Drawer
  • Shelf
  • Drawer
  • Shelf
  • Keys
  • Door
  • Door
Materials and techniques
Satinwood
Tulipwood
Cabinet Making
Brief description
Sideboard, 1876, English, Wright and Mansfield. Satinwood inlaid with tulipwood and painted panels
Physical description
Cabinet of satinwood inlaid with tulipwood with painted panels

Gallery label
(pre October 2000)
CABINET
ENGLISH: 1876-1880
Designer unknown
Made by Wright & Mansfield, London
Satinwood inlaid with tulipwood, painted panels

A cabinet of very similar design was shown at the Philadelphia International Exhibition of 1876, held to commemorate the centenary of the Declaration of Independence. The 'Adams Style', based on late eighteenth century design sources like Sheraton's Drawing Book (1793), was highly fashionable at this time, and the Wright & Mansfield cabinet of 1867 in Room 120 is the earliest example in this collection.
Object history
The version of this sideboard shown by Wright and Mansfield at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition 1876 was illustrated in the Art Journal in 1876 and described and illustrated in the Cabinet Maker and Art Furnisher 7 (1 July 1886) p. 23, illus p. 14.
FDC 21/8/2006
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.12:1-1982

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Record createdApril 3, 2001
Record URL
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