Antique Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Sideboard With Original Beveled Glass Gallery

With our highest compliments Bay Colony Antiques takes the utmost pleasure in offering this remarkable antique Arts & Crafts era sideboard. At the turn of the 20th century the newly emerging Arts & Crafts era began taking root all throughout America with such design masters such as Gustav Stickley, Charles Limbert, Harvey Ellis & others influencing art & design gathering inspiration from cultures as far away as England and Japan. This design revolution was fueled from the strong social criticisms of the opulence's of The Gilded Age and in high society Victorian England where quality production grew further and further away from the essential spirit of fine craftsmanship. The true brilliance of the Arts & Crafts period is that emphasis was placed on the inherent beauty of natural materials and craftsmanship is first and foremost the primary focus which defines an art or furniture object. Where a generation before elaborate carving, contrasting veneers and inlay