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A Rare Pair of American Classical Carved and Gilt Stenciled Mahogany Encoignures, early 19th c., New York, each with quarter round top with fans and banding, frieze with fruit reserve, turned acanthus stenciled support, molded drum plinth, outswept legs ending in paw feet, height 36 in., width 33 in., depth 24 in. Note: The extensive use of stenciling on this pair of encoignures points to their New York origin. The ornately turned moldings on the plinths relate to a labeled table by Edward Holmes (active 1821-42) that sold April 3, 2005 at Northeast Auctions as lot 1255. Of the small group of known labeled pieces by the firm of Holmes and Haines, most of those incorporate the use of elaborate gilt stencils. Reference: Northeast Auctions, Kelly Collection, April 3, 2005, lot 1255; Rini, Erik, "Edward Holmes & Simeon Haines: Cabinetmakers in the Empire New York City", The Magazine Antiques, May 2005.
A Pair of American Classical Carved Mahogany Games Tables, c. 1825, attributed to Anthony Quervelle, Philadelphia, each with foldover swivel top, frieze with rosette corners, turned and acanthine support, incurvate plinth, acanthine bracketed paw feet, casters, height 29 in., width 36 in., depth 18 in. Note: Functioning as consoles, games tables are joined to create a center table or to augment a banquet space. Tables by Anthony Quervelle similar to this lot are illustrated in Robert C. Smith "The Furniture of Anthony G. Quervelle, Part II: The Pedestal Tables," Magazine Antiques, (July 1973), p. 95-96, fig. 12-13.
An American Classical Carved Mahogany Pier Table, early 19th c., New York, rectangular marble top, arched inset frieze, Corinthian columnar supports, mirror plate flanked by pilasters, incurvate stretcher shelf, acanthine lobed feet, height 37 in., width 35 in., depth 19 in.
An American Aesthetic Brass and Mixed Metals Side Table, c. 1885, attributed to Charles Parker Company, Meriden, CT, rectangular top with pierced gallery, trestle base with floral brackets, stretcher centering hammered panel, arched legs, ball feet, height 30 in., width 19 1/4 in., depth 13 1/4 in. Note: An almost identical table by the Charles Parker Co. is in the collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (no. 2003.21). The Charles Parker Co. was one of the leading American manufacturers in the late nineteenth century of artistic brass household furnishings in the Aesthetic Movement style. Founded in Meriden, Connecticut in 1832, the company initially produced coffee mills and waffle irons. Production expanded to include plated flatware and hollowware in the mid-19th century. By the 1880s, the firm was producing luxury "art brass" wares in addition to utilitarian goods. Reference: D`Ambrosio, Anna Tobin, A Brass Menagerie Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement, 2005, p. 42-8. pl. 14.
An American Aesthetic Carved and Inlaid Mahogany Cabinet, c. 1880, attributed to Associated Artists, New York, stepped pedimented top with reticulated brass gallery, frieze with bands of scrolled bellflowers, the whole with arched niches, turned supports, blocked base, height 52 3/4 in., width 54 3/4 in., depth 13 1/2 in. Provenance: This cabinet was part of a suite of furniture given as a wedding present in 1882 to Emily M. Whitney and Amory Leland, residents of 692 Park Avenue, New York. Descended in the family. Thereafter acquired by the present collector from the Lelands` granddaughter. Note: An aesthetic "spider" table, also from the Leland home and made en suite with this cabinet, was sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 417, September 10, 2011. The lot offered here has inlay identical to that on the Leland "spider" table, which was inspired by a design from E.W. Godwin. Reference: Soros. The Secular Furniture of E.W. Godwin, pp. 149-151. Another Godwin table is conserved by the Victoria and Albert Museum (acc. W54.1980). The Magazine Antiques (January/February 2012), p. 80.
An American Classical Carved Mahogany Writing Table and Bookcase, c. 1835, attributed to Anthony Jenkins, Baltimore, upper case with flared cornice, anthemion and wreath glazed doors; lower case with short drawers over central writing drawer, Ionic columnar legs, height 93 in., width 57 in., depth 24 1/2 in. Note: Similar anthemion and waterleaf carved mullions appear on a signed Jenkins bookcase, exhibited by the Maryland Historical Society in 1993 and sold in these rooms as lot 395 on December 6, 2003. The lower case of the lot offered here relates to another Baltimore writing table and bookcase, once part of the furnishings for Brooksdie, Orwell, VT, illustrated in The Magazine Antiques and sold in these rooms as lot 283 on September, 15, 2012. Reference: Weidman, Gregory. Classical Maryland 1815-1845, p. 136, fig 166; Gallenkemp. "Living with Antiques", The Magazine Antiques, June 1979, p. 1283, Pl. V.
A Very Fine American Classical Stencil-Decorated and Carved Mahogany Extension Dining Table, early 19th c., New York, comprising a pair of D end consoles and drop leaf center, two detached leaves, frieze with geometric gilt stenciling, columnar supports on square plinths, acanthus carved scroll legs, paw feet, casters, height 30 in., width 49 in., total extended length 162 3/4 in., console length 24 1/2 in., center width 24 in. Provenance: Former collection of James M. Goode, author, scholar, and curator at the Smithsonian Institution, 1970-1988. Publications: This table is illustrated in Oscar P. Fitzgerald. Four Centuries of American Furniture. New York : Wallace-Homestead (1995). p. 125, pl. VI-32.
An American Late Classical Rosewood Sunderland Table, c. 1840, J. & J.W. Meeks, New York, stenciled label, deep drop leaves, frieze drawers, trestle base, pierced stretcher, height 29 in., extended length 44 3/4 in., depth 32 in. Note: One drawer bears the stenciled label and address of The Meeks firm "No. 14 Vesey Street," which operated at that address from 1836-1855. Reference: Dubrow, Eileen & Richard, American Furniture of the 19th Century 1840-1880, 1983 & 2000, p. 44.
A George III-Style Mahogany Triple Pedestal Dining Table, with reeded edge top, turned vasiform pedestals with reeded saber legs, brass cuff casters, height 28 1/2 in., length 95 5/8 in., width 47 1/2 in., with two 23 1/2 in. leaves, extended length 142 in. Provenance: Estate of James Fenimore Cooper IV.
An American Classical Carved Mahogany Center Table, c. 1825, attributed to Isaac Vose and Son, Boston, circular banded tilt top, chamfered triangular support, incurvate triangular plinth, scroll feet, casters, height 29 in., diameter 39 in. Note: The paneled standard, shaped plinth and distinctive scroll feet on this table are very similar to those on a noted games table bearing the stencil of Isaac Vose and Son conserved at the St. Louis Museum of Art (acc. 127:1965). Reference: Cooper. Wendy. Classical Taste in America, 1800-1840. p. 134, fig 94; @ slam.org St Louis Museum of Art. web. March 1, 2014.
An American Classical Carved Mahogany Work Table, early 19th c., Philadelphia, hinged lid with an interior scene of a millinery shop on High Street, fitted interior, two drawers below, columnar support, incurvate plinth, acanthine paw feet, casters, height 32 in., width 21 1/2 in., depth 16 1/4 in.
A Fine American Classical Carved Mahogany Extension Dining Table, early 19th c., attributed to Duncan Phyfe and Son, New York, rectilinear pivoting top above a frieze concealing a pair of fold-down turned legs and extension rails opening to receive six leaves, trestle support, disc feet, casters, height 29 1/2 in., extended length 134 in., width 53 3/8 in. Note: The innovative "draw" table, with well-matched veneers of choice mahogany and finely rendered molded convex bosses on the leg terminals, is typical of the work of Phyfe and Son and their close competitors in the 1830s. An important group of furniture by Phyfe at Milford Plantation in South Carolina may offer an appropriate linkage to this dining table, as well as a related trestle base table made in 1834 by Phyfe for George and Maria Clark Fox`s country home, Fanewood. Reference: Smith, Thomas Gordon. "Milford Plantation in South Carolina, Magazine Antiques (May 1997), pp. 732-741; Kenny, Brown, Bretter and Thurlow. Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York. 2011. pp. 135-136, fig. 172.
An Irish Georgian-Style Carved Mahogany Serving Table, early 20th c., molded top, three drawers to the rear, center drawer fitted for bottles, front and sides with pierced volute carving, acanthine cabriole legs, hairy paw feet, height 34 in., width 74 1/2 in., depth 26 1/2 in.
An English Burl Walnut Games Table, mid-19th c., labeled "Crown and Sons/.../St. Stephen`s Street/Norwich", foldover swivel top with molded edge, circular baize lined playing surface, lobed standard, arched molded legs, scrolled feet, casters, height 29 in., width 36 1/4 in., depth 18 in.
An American Renaissance Carved, Gilt Incised, Ebonized and Marquetry Mahogany Center Table, late 19th c., New York, molded top centering a floral reserve amid burled walnut panels, bracketed columnar support with fluted blocks and turning, casters, height 31 in., diameter 28 in.
An American Rococo Carved Rosewood and Rosewood Grained Work Table, mid-19th c., Mitchell & Rammelsburg, Cincinnati, OH, stenciled label, cove molded lift top, fitted interior, drawer and work basket, cabochon carved cabriole legs, leaf carved feet, height 31 1/2 in., width 21 3/4 in., depth 16 3/4 in.
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