Daniel Pabst Modern Gothic Sideboard (1868–80)
A walnut and burled-elm sideboard from Daniel Pabst's Philadelphia workshop, carved in the Modern Gothic style associated with architect Frank Furness.
Daniel Pabst was Philadelphia's leading cabinetmaker of the 1870s and often collaborated with the architect Frank Furness. This sideboard shows their bold Modern Gothic vocabulary: crisp, stylized carving, chamfered edges, a crested top and panels of figured burl set into walnut. The carving is flat and graphic rather than naturalistic, which makes it well suited to machine production today. A three-door base with drawers and a tall shelved back is also a sensible layout for a built-in dining hutch.
Walnut frame with burl veneer panels and 2.5D CNC relief carving; the graphic Furness-style motifs translate cleanly to V-carved and pocketed toolpaths.
A custom version typically runs $125–$220 per sq ft, shipped finished.
- Style
- Victorian (Queen Anne, Eastlake)
- Element
- Cabinet Doors & Fronts
- Date
- 1868–80
- Maker or designer
- Daniel Pabst (American, 1826–1910) Philadelphia
- Materials
- Walnut and burled elm
- Dimensions
- 256.5 × 185.4 × 62.2 cm (101 × 73 × 24 1/2 in.)
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
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