Sideboard
Alexander Roux
ca. 1853 · Black walnut, pine (secondary wood) · The American Wing
Widespread economic and political upheaval forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. Many emigrants, including the French cabinetmaker Alexander Roux, became successful entrepreneurs in cities across the United States. Roux’s New York City cabinetmaking firm quickly established a reputation for producing masterfully carved high-style furniture, such as this sideboard. Roux displayed the prototype for this piece at the 1853 New York Crystal Palace Exhibition, prompting a commission to make a pair of related sideboards for the Astor family—this one and its mate, now at the Newark Museum.
- Artist
- Alexander Roux
- Date
- ca. 1853
- Medium
- Black walnut, pine (secondary wood)
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Purchase, Friends of the American Wing Fund and David Schwartz Foundation Inc. Gift, 1993
