North Carolina Inlaid Sideboard, Sampson County

Circa 1820, figured walnut with light wood string inlay, with yellow pine secondary wood, having a flat rectangular backsplash above a nicely grained top with molded edge. The case is centered with a single drawer over a pair of slightly recessed inset paneled doors and flanked on each side by three graduated flush-mount drawers, supported by six tall turned legs; with unusual dramatically lobed central skirt decorated with inlaid shapes and graduated vertical stringing.

53 x 66 3/8 x 21 in.

From a Private Collection

For illustration and discussion of this lot, see "The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina 1700-1820" by John Bivens, page 428, figure 7.52.

Vertical split to backsplash with later screws; small wood patch to top at right front; replaced hardware; bottom drawers lacking locks.

$5,000 - 10,000