Large mahogany sideboard with four cabinet doors along the bottom, three large drawers along the top, and six smaller drawers on either side of the center portion. The sideboard, with its fluted tapered legs, is a fine example of the Sheraton style of the Federal period. Its original, more diminutive brass drawer pulls have been replaced by wooden knobs that are quite out of keeping with that style. It was purchased in 1814 by Amos Whittemore (1759-1858) from its maker, Abel Whitney, and passed down through the generations. Further research is necessary on Whitney, but he may be the same Abel Whitney (1778-1853) who was a cabinetmaker active in Cambridge through the first half of the 19th century.