Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

34 157. Alexander John Drysdale (American/New Orleans, 1870‑1934) , “Lone Live Oak Tree”, 1906, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 20 in. x 40 in., framed. $20000/30000 Provenance: D. Benjamin Kleinpeter, Sr. Collection, Baton Rouge. 158. Rare American Rococo Carved and Ebonized Rosewood Bedstead , mid‑19th c., attr. to purveyor Prudent Mallard, New Orleans, scrolled pediment, crest with central urn and flowers above cabochon cartouche, paneled headboard, turned finials with gadrooned edge, reeded posts, shaped foot board, paneled foot and side rails with rounded corners, acanthus and shell carved skirt, acanthine bracket feet, casters, h. 74 5/8 in., l. 81 in., w. 64 in. $7000/10000 Provenance: A New Orleans Family; by descent. Note: The distinctive urn form crest on this fine bed relates to that on the famous carved rosewood bed from Prudent Mallard (Sevres/New Orleans, 1809-1879) at Lansdowne Plantation in Natchez, Mississippi and is also found on an important bed descended in the Villere-Clark- Atkinson family of New Orleans sold in these rooms as lot 74, Nov. 20, 2010. The carved foot board on the bed here departs from the Lansdowne model by the continuous incurvate form very similar to that on the Villere-Clark-Atkinson bed. The fluted posts on this lot are nearly identical to those on the bed made by Mallard for the bedroom of Isabel Puig now at the Louisiana State Museum’s 1850 House and on a bed also from a New Orleans family sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 684, Jul 1, 2012. Ref.: The Lansdowne and Puig beds are illustrated in Otto, Celia. American Furniture of the 19th Century , New York: Viking, 1965, pl. 289 and 285. 159. Very Fine Monumental American Late Classical Mahogany Bookcase , c. 1840, scrolled and shell carved crest, ripple molded frieze, glazed doors over drawers, adjustable shelf interior, h. 112 1/2 in., w. 143 in., d. 20 in. $12000/18000