Neal Auction Louisiana Purchase 2015

42 185. Southern Paint-Decorated Cherrywood Pie Safe , 19th c., possibly Georgia, pair of paneled doors, shelf interior, tall square legs, h. 70 in., w. 41 1/4 in., d. 20 in. $1200/1800 186. Lower Mississippi Valley Cypress Chest , mid‑19th c., lift top, shaped apron, bracket feet, h. 16 1/4 in., w. 24 in., d. 13 1/2 in. $800/1200 Provenance: Barrow/Brandon/Bedgood House at Greenwood Plantation, Pinckneyville, MS. 187. Lower Mississippi Valley Yellow Pine and Poplar Armoire , mid‑19th c., probably Lowndes County, MS, demilune carved doors, open interior, arched bracket feet, h. 75 7/8 in., w. 43 in., d. 16 in. $1500/2500 Provenance: Neilson family, Belmont Plantation, Lowndes County, MS; Temple Heights, Columbus, MS. Ill.: The Magazine Antiques , July 2002, p. 104. 188. American Late Federal Carved Mahogany Armoire , early 19th c., Louisiana, inscribed inside proper left door, cove‑molded cornice, plain frieze, paneled doors, interior with belt of drawers and a shelf, beehive legs and brass ball feet, h. 92 in., w. 59 in., d. 22 3/4 in. $8000/12000 Provenance: D. Benjamin Kleinpeter Sr. Collection, Baton Rouge, LA. Note: The French inscription in two different hands inside the right door on this armoire reads: “This armoire belongs to Mrs. Gustave Miguez, neé Marcelite Romero, St. Martin Parish, LA, 1848- c. 1875 Polestine Miguez is the legitimate daughter of Mr. G. M. / This armoire belongs to Marcelite / afterward it belongs to Polestine Miguez St. Martin Parish, b. 1867.” The 1880 census shows Polestine living with deRoen cousins and her siblings with Romero relatives. The finely figured veneers, beehive turned legs, and brass ball feet on this armoire relate closely to a noted Houmas House armoire from the collection of Dr. George Crozat, sold by Neal Auction Company May 17, 2003 as lot 328. Ref.: Poesch, Jessie. “Early Louisiana Armoires,” Magazine Antiques . (August, 1968) p. 205, fig. 12.