American Late Classical Mahogany Sideboard
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American Late Classical Mahogany Sideboard, second quarter 19th century, a Philadelphia masterpiece, of generous scale, the pedestal ends with a stepped top with brass gallery over a molded drawer and a door, the door centered by a banded diamond-form figured panel surrounded by crisply carved scrolling tendrils and leaves, the break center with a marble top over a drawer with a pair of figured and crossbanded diamond-form panels, and a lower edge with egg-and-dart molding, the door lifting and sliding back to reveal a highly figured demi-lune panel reflected by a mirrored back, each section flanked by figured columns with Ionic capitals, the whole raised on carved paw feet, h. 60", w. 97", d. 26". The work of a Philadelphia master, the present piece exhibits a number of motifs typical of that city's finest work, including the use of demi-lune fan-form panels, crisply carved perimeter moldings, Gothic niches and foliate-carved paw feet. A sketch in the hand of Anthony Quervelle depicts a sideboard with a similar stepped pedestal top, and diamond-form door panels. The stepped motif also appears on the base of a cellarette attributed to Joseph Barry. A cellarette attributed to Quervelle exhibits very similarly carved anthemion. Reference: Allison, Christopher, J. W. Boor et al., Philadelphia Empire Furniture (Philadelphia: Boor Management, 2007).
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American Late Classical Mahogany Sideboard
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