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Large Georgian Serpentine Sideboard
S and S Timms Antiques Ltd
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Large Georgian Serpentine Sideboard

18th century
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A Very Good Quality George III Hepplewhite Period Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Sideboard Having Well Figured Top Over Three Drawers With Replacement Brass Handles, Unusually With Elegant Herringbone Detailed Decoration To Stiles Raised On Square Moulded Legs.

Sideboards are of course one of the most functional and practical pieces of furniture, as fit for their original purpose today as they were in the 18th century when they were made.

Made to stand at the side of a dining room, or kitchen, with the dual dual purpose of storage and table top serving space, every home in 18th century England, large or small would have had at least one of them

This particular example combines its elegant serpentine shape, which of course adds to its elegance, with its excellent functional size and the added bonus feature of some really rather unusual herringbone type decoration on the stiles around the drawers.

The most brass handles are later replacements but fit the piece so well they they appear original without close inspection.

As with all of the items which we offer for sale, this item has been examined and naturally wax polished in the traditional fashion by our expert restorers in our workshops before being offered for sale and is therefore ready to be placed immediately into the home for use.

Circa 1780.

Height – 36.75in.

Width – 72in.

Depth – 28in.

Declaration

S and S Timms Antiques Ltd has dated this Georgian Mahogany Serpentine Sideboard to the 18th Century.

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SA1177256
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6659
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Description
A Very Good Quality George III Hepplewhite Period Mahogany Serpentine Shaped Sideboard Having Well Figured Top Over Three Drawers With Replacement Brass Handles, Unusually With Elegant Herringbone Detailed Decoration To Stiles Raised On Square Moulded Legs.
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Sideboards are of course one of the most functional and practical pieces of furniture, as fit for their original purpose today as they were in the 18th century when they were made.
S and S Timms Antiques Ltd
fig 1. A Georgian mahogany serpentine-front sideboard featuring a polished wood top, central arched drawer, flanking drawers with brass rosette handles, and tapered square legs.
fig 1. Large Georgian Serpentine Sideboard

Made to stand at the side of a dining room, or kitchen, with the dual dual purpose of storage and table top serving space, every home in 18th century England, large or small would have had at least one of them

fig 2. A Georgian mahogany serpentine-front sideboard featuring a polished wood top, central arched drawer, flanking drawers with brass rosette handles, and tapered square legs.
fig 2. Large Georgian Serpentine Sideboard

This particular example combines its elegant serpentine shape, which of course adds to its elegance, with its excellent functional size and the added bonus feature of some really rather unusual herringbone type decoration on the stiles around the drawers.

fig 3. A Georgian mahogany serpentine-front sideboard featuring a polished wood top, central arched drawer, flanking drawers with brass rosette handles, and tapered square legs.
fig 3. Large Georgian Serpentine Sideboard

The most brass handles are later replacements but fit the piece so well they they appear original without close inspection.

As with all of the items which we offer for sale, this item has been examined and naturally wax polished in the traditional fashion by our expert restorers in our workshops before being offered for sale and is therefore ready to be placed immediately into the home for use.

Circa 1780.

Height – 36.75in.

Width – 72in.

Depth – 28in.

Date of Manufacture

S and S Timms Antiques Ltd has dated this Georgian Mahogany Serpentine Sideboard to the 18th Century.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1177256
Dealers Internal Ref
6659
S and S Timms Antiques Ltd
S and S Timms Antiques Ltd
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2007
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S and S Timms Antiques Ltd is a registered member of LAPADA  BADA  CINOA

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Ampthill
Bedfordshire
MK45 9AW
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A Georgian mahogany serpentine-front sideboard featuring a polished wood top, central arched drawer, flanking drawers with brass rosette handles, and tapered square legs.
Large Georgian Serpentine Sideboard
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A Georgian serpentine sideboard is a traditional English dining room server originating in the late eighteenth century, characterized by its distinctive S-curved front profile, tapering square legs, and mahogany veneers.

Craftsmen typically constructed these pieces using solid oak or pine for the secondary carcass frame, veneered with flame mahogany, and finished with brass patera drawer pulls and hand-cut dovetail joinery.

Look for hand-sawn wood marks on carcass backings, cast brass ring or patera handles with threaded posts, cockbeaded drawer edges, and line inlay details typical of late eighteenth-century cabinetmaking.

Position the sideboard as a focal anchor along a dining room or hallway wall, styling the top surface with symmetrical brass lamps, ceramic vessels, or artwork positioned above to create visual structure.

Maintain the original wood finish by dusting regularly with a clean dry microfibre cloth and applying a high-grade beeswax polish annually, keeping the furniture away from direct heat sources to prevent wood shrinkage.
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