Baroque Sideboard

The massive Baroque style sideboard is adorned with ornamental flourishes and whimsical creatures on the front side. The finish is dark in color and shines with an almost bronze quality. The sideboard contains two drawers and two cabinets separated by three columnal outcroppings. Across the front of the cabinet are a number of grotteschi: two cherubs, one shown participating in the arts and the other in literature; masculine, angelic, and monstrous faces; three figures, one masculine on the middle column flanked by two feminine figures on the outer columns and the heads of three creatures that appear to be dragons or oceanic serpent creatures. For being an auxiliary piece of furniture, this sideboard is remarkable in terms of weight and ornament.
Baroque Sideboard
Baroque Sideboard detail
Baroque Sideboard detail
Inventory
Collection Number
17156
Building
Current Location
Mezzanine
Floor
2nd
Description
Details
This is a large 19th-century wooden sideboard with two cabinets and two drawers. Ornate carvings of whimsical creatures and other ornament adorn the front of the sideboard.
Artist
Framed
No
Width
25 inches
Height
44 inches
Length
71 inches
Donor
Library Owns
No
Permissions
Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape
Yes
Reproduce
Library has Photography Rights
Yes
Photograph
Permit the general public to photograph the work
Yes
Slides/Video