Sideboard

1850/57

Alexander Roux
American, born France, c. 1813–1886

Status: On View, Gallery 173
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Alexander Roux
Title: Sideboard
Place: New York (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1850–1857
Medium: Rosewood, walnut, tulip poplar, glass, and marble
Inscriptions: Marks or inscriptions: Signed on top board of lower case: "Emile'; inscribed, on underside of top board on lower case "Mr. Tr---ing'; printed label on proper left interior drawer bottom reads: "A. ROUX / Cabinetmaker / 481 Broadway / New York"
Dimensions: 238 × 204.5 × 58.4 cm (93 3/4 × 80 1/2 × 23 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1995.245
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Judith A. Barter et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 185–188, no. 85.
Judith A. Barter, “True to the Senses and False in Its Essence: Still–Life and Trompe l’Oeil Painting in Victorian America,” Museum Studies 31, 1 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2005) p. 38 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine, Nov. 10, 2013–Jan. 27, 2014; Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Feb. 22–May 18, 2014, cat. 86 (Chicago only).

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