The image shows a wooden sideboard with an upper glass-fronted cabinet featuring two doors with panes of glass and an arch detail at the top. The sideboard has an angled front, tapers toward the back, and stands on four slender legs. The color palette includes rich browns and natural wood tones with hints of blue, white, and green visible through the glass panes. The cabinet has brass handles on the lower cupboards and small finials along the top edge of the upper unit.
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The image shows a wooden sideboard with an upper glass-fronted cabinet featuring two doors with panes of glass and an arch detail at the top. The sideboard has an angled front, tapers toward the back, and stands on four slender legs. The color palette includes rich browns and natural wood tones with hints of blue, white, and green visible through the glass panes. The cabinet has brass handles on the lower cupboards and small finials along the top edge of the upper unit.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bookcase

American 20th Century

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, gouache and graphite on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 25.6 × 19 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.4021
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W

Subjects and terms

  • American

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