Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

16 48. Set of Eight American Classical Paint‑Decorated “Fancy” Chairs , early 19th c., probably New York, each with tablet crest centering a beehive, reticulated slats, rush seat, reeded legs, stretchers, turned feet. $2000/3000 49. Fine American Chippendale Carved Mahogany High Chest of Drawers , c. 1770, New York, molded cornice, three short and three graduated long drawers, deeply fluted chamfered corners; lower case with conforming molding, long drawer over short drawer, cyma curved apron, bold shell‑carved cabriole legs, claw and ball feet; poplar secondary wood, h. 75 1/2 in., w. 47 in., d. 24 in. $12000/18000 Provenance: Ginsburg and Levy, New York. 50. American Classical Carved Mahogany Work Table , c. 1820, labeled Anthony Quervelle, Philadelphia, segmented fold open top with tooled leather inset and baize‑covered storage well, bolection drawers above gadrooning; foliate carved cyma‑curved supports, shaped platform, acanthus carved paw feet, casters, h. 30 in., w. 21 1/2 in., d. 16 3/4 in. $4000/6000 Ill.: Boor, Allison, et al. Philadelphia Empire Furniture . pp. 262‑263, figs. 129, 129a; Smith, Robert C. “The Furniture of Anthony G. Quervelle Part III: The Worktables”, The Magazine Antiques 104 (1973): 261‑268, fig. 4; Smith, Robert C. “Philadelphia Empire Furniture by Antoine Gabriel Quervelle”, The Magazine Antiques 86 (1964): 305‑309, fig. 3. 51. American Classical Carved Mahogany Three Pedestal Dining Table , 19th c., top with reeded edges, distinctive acanthus carved lyre supports with foliate panels, sabre legs, brass casters, with two leaves, h. 28 in., l. 134 1/2 in., w. 45 in. $4000/6000