ANTIQUE SIDEBOARD - AMERICAN OAK
Up for auction is this beautiful early 20th century, 20's or 30's American Oak sideboard, has 3 drawers including cutlery insert, two cupboards with shelving. Great piece of furniture for a period setting dining room.
Great craftmanship has gone into this valuable piece of American Oak furniture with it's beautiful quartersawn or tiger oak wood grain, sideboard is in very good condition for it's age, there are two locks but no key, a key can be purchased from cabinet maker suppliers and one of the pedestal handles on the door is also missing the drop.
Quartersawn or Tiger Oak
Quarter-sawing means cutting a log radially to the growth rings to produce a “vertical” and uniform pattern grain.
Also known colloquially as 'tiger oak', this method of cutting oak produces boards with the wonderful medullary-ray figuring so prized by cabinet-makers,
though it yields fewer and narrower boards per log than plain sawing, boosting their cost significantly. Quarter-sawn boards also expand and contract less than boards sawn by other methods.
Quartersawn oak was particularly popular with artisans of the Arts and Crafts and Mission movements, and was employed to great effect by the best-known designers, manufacturers and retailers of the period, e.g. Gustav Stickley and Leonard Wyburd / Liberty's of London.
Sideboard measures 152cm W x 56cm D x 109cm H
Payment ONLY via bank deposit or PayPal - local pickup ONLY.
Please check out my other auction for an American Oak china cabinet.
Good luck to all bidders :-)
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