FINE AMERICAN FEDERAL INLAID MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD,circa 1790, Mid Atlantic, probably Baltimore. The elegantly shaped serpentine fronted case with canted-corners, resting above string-inlaid long drawer and doors with cockbeaded edges and flanked by two doors, one opening to storage well and other to non-partitioned bottle drawer; the whole stands on bellflower-inlaid square tapering cuffed legs - 38 in. x 68 in. x 18 1/2 in. Estimate $5,000-7,000
Provenance: Private family residing in the 1940s at Marietta plantation, Glenn Dale, MD. Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin Lillard Mr. John Lillard, III
See Furniture In Maryland, 1740-1940, by Gregory R. Weidman, Plate 115A for similar example.
Excellent condition: minor loss stringing (top back corners), hardware possibly replaced, minor loss veneer (front left), minor marks (center left and right doors), and restoration rear left leg; inlays added at later date.
