A FEDERAL HEPPLEWHITE MAHOGANY SIDEBOARD, PROBABLY CHARLESTON, CIRCA 1800, the tiered top inlaid with stringing and a satinwood oval panel, above a conforming case fitted with a long central drawer, flanked by two end drawers, over a two door cupboard flanked by bottle drawers, supported on tapered legs inset with diamond, bellflower, and string inlays, 111.8 x 176.5 x 61 cm (44 X 69 1/2 X 24 in.)


PROVENANCE
Collection of Bernard Winters, Armonk, New York

Bernard J. Winters was a philanthropist and art collector who was captivated by Russian icons. Over a fifty-year period, he worked closely with Sotheby`s, Christie`s, and private collectors to cultivate his collection. His monumental icons, as well as those purchased from Natalie Hays Hammond, daughter of John Hays Hammond, diplomat, were some of his favored items.

LOT NOTES
This sideboard is structurally and stylistically similar to a piece sold at Pook & Pook, Inc. on January 5-6, 2007, lot 779 as well as an example in the collection of the Charleston Museum (see Rauschenberg and Bivins Jr., The Furniture of Charleston, 1680-1820, vol. II, Fig. NT-21).