433928 Sideboard, 1825-30 (wood) by American School, (19th century); 45.4?231.5?68.6 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, PA, USA; (add.info.: Mahogany, ebony, brass, white pine, yellow poplar, unidentified hard woods. These richly decorated dining room furnishings were made for Simon Gratz (American, 1773-1839), a successful Philadelphia businessman. Many American cabinetmakers imported panels with brass inlay, also called boulle work in honor of Frenchman Andr矇-Charles Boulle, who perfected the technique, to adorn the furniture they produced, as seen here.); 穢 Philadelphia Museum of Art ; Bequest of Miss Elizabeth Gratz, 1909; American, out of copyright.