circa 1800, deeply shaped serpentine form, figured mahogany throughout with line inlays, dovetailed construction with white and yellow pine secondary, faceted and tapered legs, 39-1/2 x 66-1/2 x 30 in. - Note: This sideboard is illustrated in Henry D. Green, Furniture of the Georgia Piedmont Before 1830, catalog no. 31. Jim Williams purchased the sideboard from the Rainwater Collection, probably in 1970. Successful Coca-Cola bottlers, the Rainwaters were early collectors of American and Southern furniture. A closely related sideboard descended from William H. Crawford of Augusta and Lexington, Georgia, and is in the Thornton House in Atlanta (see MESDA file S-6447). Both sideboards share the distinctive construction detail of the case dividers being nailed in place, rather than mortised through the backboard as is more typical.   - Provenance: Rainwater Estate, 1970; Jim Williams, Savannah, 1972 (accompanied by copy of a letter from Jim Williams to the consignor indicating that the sideboard came form the Rainwater collection); Private Georgia Collection good condition overall, typical warping, stains and wear to top with some repaired cracks, veneer patches near front, brasses replaced, crack and repair at one rear leg, typical minor inlay losses, veneer distress, cracks, and surface flaws, one drawer bottom replaced