Lot 112
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A FRUITWOOD SECRETARY BOOKCASE, Attributed to Paul Maureaux, San Antonio, Texas, 1855-1875, in two parts: the upper section with rectangular molded cornice with canted corners above a conforming case fitted with a pair of glazed cupboard doors with molded surrounds and applied foliate and acorn escutcheon opening to two shelves; the lower section with hinged fall-front with two applied octagonal reserves opening to a baize-lined writing surface and interior fitted with two banks of drawers centering an open shelved compartment all over a pair of cupboard doors enclosing a single shelf above a shaped apron, on bracket feet--96in. high, 44in. wide, 19in. deep

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A FRUITWOOD SECRETARY BOOKCASE, Attributed to Paul Maureaux, San Antonio, Texas, 1855-1875, in two parts: the upper section with rectangular molded cornice with canted corners above a conforming case fitted with a pair of glazed cupboard doors with molded surrounds and applied foliate and acorn escutcheon opening to two shelves; the lower section with hinged fall-front with two applied octagonal reserves opening to a baize-lined writing surface and interior fitted with two banks of drawers centering an open shelved compartment all over a pair of cupboard doors enclosing a single shelf above a shaped apron, on bracket feet--96in. high, 44in. wide, 19in. deep

Lot Essay

Paul Maureaux immigrated from France to San Antonio, Texas in 1852. An advertisement in the San Antonio Herald from May 21, 1859 indicates that he was making furniture at that time. See Taylor and Warren, Texas Furniture: the cabinet makers and their work 1840-1880 (Austin, Texas, 1975).

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