Sideboard

Alexander Roux French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 736

Widespread economic and political upheaval forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. Many emigrants, including the French cabinetmaker Alexander Roux, became successful entrepreneurs in cities across the United States. Roux’s New York City cabinetmaking firm quickly established a reputation for producing masterfully carved high-style furniture, such as this sideboard. Roux displayed the prototype for this piece at the 1853 New York Crystal Palace Exhibition, prompting a commission to make a pair of related sideboards for the Astor family—this one and its mate, now at the Newark Museum.

#3875. Sideboard

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Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American

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Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American
Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American

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