Neal Auction Important Estates September 2015

Additional information at www.nealauction.com 49 304. American Classical Carved Mahogany Extension Dining Table , early 19th c., Boston, stamped “Croome Maker / Boston”, circular top opening with concertina action to receive 3 leaves, fluted columnar pedestal containing 2 interior legs, incurvate plinth, leaf carved scrolled feet, casters, h. 29 1/4 in., l. 118 1/4 in., w. 48 in. $5000/7000 306. English Carved Mahogany Campaign Chest , 19th c., brass banded corners, 2 short over 3 long drawers, turned feet, h. 47 in., w. 41 1/2 in., d. 19 1/2 in. $1000/1500 307. American Late Classical Center Table , 19th c., molded circular marble top, conforming frieze, vasiform faceted standard, incurvate plinth, scroll feet, h. 31 in., dia. 30 in. $700/1000 308. Rare American Aesthetic Carved and Ebonized Lady’s Armchair , late 19th c., New York, in the Egyptian Revival taste, tufted crest rail above a reticulated panel, padded arms on winged sphinxes, carved seat rail, lotus‑carved legs, casters. $3000/5000 Note: This armchair is nearly identical to an armchair in the Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta (acc. 1983.195) and a chair sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 539, July 22, 2006. Notably, the chair offered here retains the original India rubber casters. Ref.: Pierce, Donald. Art and Enterprise, Art Decorative Art , 1825-1927, The Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection . Atlanta: High Museum of Art, 1999. p. 144, fig. 73. 305. Suite of Eight American Gothic Carved Mahogany Dining Chairs , c. 1845, possibly Charles Baudouine (active 1829- c.1854), New York, incl. 2 armchairs and 6 side chairs, shaped pierced crest rail with half rosettes, splats surmounted by ogee arches, trapezoidal seat, shaped legs, retaining old attractive finish. $2500/3500 Note: Gothic Revival chairs with s-shaped front legs and backs containing splats surmounted by ogee arches have been attributed to New York City cabinetmakers, such as Alexander Roux and John & Joseph W. Meeks. The chairs offered here bear similarities to these examples, but exhibit a number of details that are not found in the chairs made by Roux or by the Meeks firm. The chairs associated with these two cabinetmakers feature a slightly scrolled crest rail pierced with trefoils. The chairs in the current lot are distinguished by a shaped crest rail with “peaks” or points, inside of which are lobed fans. In place of the pierced trefoils is a kidney-shaped opening that serves as a hand grip. Additionally, moldings outline the ogee arches as well as the splats. This detail is not found on the chairs by Roux or by J. and J.W. Meeks. Features such as the hand grip and the lobed fan are found individually on chairs made by Charles A. Baudouine, including a set of forty-two rosewood chairs produced c. 1845 for the State Dining Room of the White House during the administration of President James K. Polk, and a pair of armchairs that were part of a rosewood parlor suite supplied in 1849 to Betsy Hart of Troy, New York. Ref.: Bucher, Douglas G., Stacy Pomeroy Draper et al. The Marble House in Second Street: Biography of a Town House and its Occupants, 1825, 2000 , p. 38, fig. 41; Howe, Katherine S. and David B. Warren. The Gothic Revival Style in America , 1830-1870, 1976, p. 13-14, figs. 2 & 4; Monkman, Betty C. The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families , 2000, p. 103.