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296. A Good American Classical Carved Mahogany Chest of Drawers, c. 1830, indistinctly signed, blocked backsplash, outset configuration of three short above one long drawer, acanthus-carved half columns flanking three graduated drawers, acanthine paw feet. $1200/1800 297. A Fine American Classical Carved Mahogany Sideboard, early 19th c., Philadelphia, backsplash flanked by cove and torus molded plinth with drawers, Corinthian columns, beveled drawers, distinctive fan and cornucopia cupboard doors, foliate lobed feet, casters, height 58 1/2 in., width 72 1/2 in., depth 27 in. $3000/5000 Note: The distinctive fan carved panels on this sideboard relate directly to a design drawing by Anthony Quervelle conserved by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The monumental carved capitals flanking the case are nearly identical to those on a pier table made by Quervelle for the Bowlby family of Philadelphia. Reference: Boor. Philadelphia Empire Furniture. p. 96; Smith. “The Furniture of Anthony Quervelle, The Pier Tables”, Magazine Antiques. (May 1973), p. 989, pl II.
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298. An American Classical Carved Mahogany, Gilded, Stenciled and Ebonized Pier Table, early 19th c., New York, original marble top above ebonized, fruit and nut stenciled frieze with a basket of flowers at each corner and banded stenciled edge, gilded Doric columns to the front, mirrored back flanked by pilasters, incurvate banded plinth, bracketed acanthine paw feet, height 37 3/4 in., width 42 in., depth 18 1/8 in. Note: Marble inscribed with a name and “Pokepsie[sic], NY”. $4000/6000 299. An American Chippendale Carved Mahogany Bowfront Chest of Drawers, late 18th c., Philadelphia, molded top above four graduated drawers, molded base, ogee bracket feet, now with neoclassical brasses, height 35 in., width 44 1/2 in., depth 22 1/2 in. $2000/3000
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