Important Americana

Important Americana

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Property from the Collection of Jodi White Wenzl and Daniel Wenzl

A Federal Schrank, Upper Valley area, Louisiana, circa 1830

Auction Closed

January 25, 06:34 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

inlaid and carved walnut

height 89 ½ in. by width 74 ½ in. by depth 24 ½ in.


interior contains two original wooden crane hooks.


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A closely related example, possibly by the same cabinatemaker, is referenced in Jack D. Holden, H. Parrott Bacot, Cybèle T. Gontar, Brian J. Costello, and Francis J. Puig, Furnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735-1835, (Historic New Orleans Collection: Louisiana, 2010), pp. 430-7, no. 13.

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