Neal Auction 2012

54 188. An American Rococo Carved and Laminated Rosewood Slipper Chair , mid-19th c., attributed to John Henry Belter, New York, arched crest with floral bouquet, stylized scroll pierced back, serpentine floral carved seat rail, cabriole legs, casters. $1200/1800 Note: A laminated rosewood chair with crest and silhouette similar to that seen here is illustrated in Schwartz, Stanek and True. The Furniture of John Henry Belter and the Rococo Revival . fig. 26, p. 56. 189. An American Rococo Carved and Laminated Rosewood Slipper Chair , mid-19th c., attributed to John Henry Belter, New York, arched floral crest, molded frame enclosing oak leaf pierced back, floral carved serpentine seat rail, cabriole legs, casters. $1200/1800 Note: This slipper chair is identical to the chair attributed to Belter illustrated in Otto. American Furniture of the 19th c. fig. 304. 190. An American Classical Carved Mahogany Pedestal Cabinet , c. 1825, Baltimore, frieze drawer above a Gothic arch paneled door, “Egyptian” caryatid pilasters, blocked base, incised suppressed bun feet, in “estate” condition, height 44 1/2 in., width 25 in., depth 28 in. $5000/7000 Note: The use of distinctive “Egyptian” term supports on this cabinet recalls those on a sideboard attributed to John Needles (Baltimore, 1786-1878) in the Colonial Williamsburg collection and a cylinder desk attributed to Joseph Barry (Philadelphia 1757-1838) in the Hollander collection. The interpretive use of Egyptian figures is distinctive to certain high style Baltimore cabinet makers such as Needles or William Camp (fl. 1801-1822) and Edward Priestly (1778-1834). However, the lack of embellishment along the columnar bodies and the carving on the faces of the figures on this cabinet are most closely related to those on a Baltimore sideboard believed to be owned by Thomas Courtney Jenkins (Baltimore, 1802-1881) and exhibited at the Maryland Historical Society in 1993. Reference: examples of Philadelphia and Baltimore case furniture with figural supports are illustrated in: Hurst and Prown, Southern Furniture 1860-1830 , pp. 525-529, pl. 159; Weidman, Furniture in Maryland 1790-1840 pp. 140-141, pl 100 (cylinder desk) and p. 159 pl. 120 (sideboard); Feld and Feld, In Pointed Style , p. 36-37, pl. 4 (sideboard); Howe and Warren The Gothic Revival Style in America , p. 44, pl. 78 (desk); Fennimore and Trump, “Joseph B. Barry, Philadelphia Cabinet Maker,” Magazine Antiques , May 1989, p. 1218, pl. VIII; Trump, “Joseph B. Barry, Philadelphia Cabinet Maker,” Magazine Antiques , January, 1975, p. 161; Cooper, Classical Taste in America 1800-1840 , p. 132, pl. 92; Baltimore Gazette , February 9, 1803. The Jenkins sideboard is illustrated in Weidman and Goldsborough. Classical Maryland 1815-1845, Fine and Decorative Arts from the Gilded Age . p. 133, fig. 163. 191. An American Aesthetic Inlaid Cherrywood Table , late 19th c., attributed to Herter Bros., New York, octagonal top, beaded skirt, turned supports, cruciform stretcher shelf with drawers, outswept brass paw feet, height 30 1/4 in., width 28 3/8 in. $500/750 188 189 191 190