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Sideboard

Alexander Roux French

ca. 1853

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 736

This sideboard by Alexander Roux is an "etagere" type, with an upper structure of shelves meant for the display of dining ware. Sometimes dubbed "the altar of gastronomy," the form became popular in America and Europe about 1850 and remained a prominent feature of dining rooms for the next quarter century. Hunt and harvest themes prevailed. Roux displayed the prototype for this piece at the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York. Afterward, he was commissioned to make a pair of related sideboards for the Astor family--this one and its mate, which is at the Newark Museum.

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Sideboard, Alexander Roux (1813–1886), Black walnut, pine (secondary wood), American — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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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Title: Sideboard

Maker: Alexander Roux (1813–1886)

Date: ca. 1853

Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States

Culture: American

Medium: Black walnut, pine (secondary wood)

Dimensions: 92 3/4 x 71 3/4 x 25 5/8 in. (235.6 x 182.2 x 65.1 cm)

Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund and David Schwartz Foundation Inc. Gift, 1993

Accession Number: 1993.168

Essay

American Revival Styles, 1840-1876

Chronology

The United States and Canada, 1800-1900 A.D.

A Walk Through The American Wing

A Walk Through The American Wing

"Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1993–1994": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 52, no. 2 (Fall, 1994)

"Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1993–1994": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 52, no. 2 (Fall, 1994)

Art and the Empire City: New York, 1825–1861

Art and the Empire City: New York, 1825–1861

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