Name/Title
sideboardEntry/Object ID
1963.008.001Description
Rectangular, straight top edge, back splash with 3 acorn finials. Center drawer is long with keyhole and two round knobs, flanked by two smaller drawers with round knobs. Pair of doors in center are recessed, flanked by door on each side. Each door has arched recessed panels and keyhole. Sits on eight turned legs. 48.5"h x 72"w x 24.5"d.Acquisition
Accession
1963.008Source or Donor
Beggs, Marie ShriverAcquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
Note
Letter from donor gives history of piece. Cabinetmaker unknown, possibly from Lancaster County. Original owners were donor's great-grandparents, the Noel family [Sarah] of Chambersburg, PA; was in their dining room at the "Inn on the Square." It was the only piece the family saved after the Confederate army burned the city of Chambersburg. Inherited by daugheter (donor's grandmother) ____ Gehr. Her husband purchased the stage line between Emmitsburg and Resiterstown; family later moved to Westminster and brought sideboard with them. Inherited by donor's mother, Gertrude Gehr Shriver. NOTE: letter of conveyance includes provision that sideboard may not be sold.