Antique Australian Cedar Sideboard by John Hill Jnr & Sons
Mid 19th century Australian cedar twin pedestal sideboard, c.1855, by John Hill Jnr and Sons, with a pitched crest rail, above a rectangular top with a gadrooned border, above three narrow pillow drawers and a pair of doors, with gadrooned pediments, fragment label verso, 34.65 in. x 72.05 in. x 24.02 in. purchased: Christie's, 10/12/02.
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- Rail - A term used by cabinet makers for the horizontal sections of the frame of an item such as a chair or settee which have a front rail, a back rail and two side rails, and also on a door or carcase, where the rails are joined to the vertical framings.
- Gadrooning - A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.
- Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
This item has been included into following indexes:
- cabinets, material - cedar 296
- Hill & Sons (Australia) - furniture, designers and makers 4
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sideboards
- cedar 114
- twin pedestal style 132
- Victorian 407
