Lot Essay
For a similar sideboard with nearly identical feet in the Museum of the City of New York, see Tracy, 19th Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts (New York, 1970), fig.73.
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NEW YORK CITY, 1825-1835
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A CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY MARBLE-TOP SIDEBOARD
New York City, 1825-1835
The rectangular white marble top with marble splashboard flanked by marble column plinths above a conforming case with pulvinated frieze fitted with three short drawers over a pair of panelled cupboard doors each flanked by a pair of colonettes with ormolu capitals centering a kneehole backed by a mirrored plate, on acanthus-carved and lobed ball feet
49in. high, 59in. wide, 23in. deep
New York City, 1825-1835
The rectangular white marble top with marble splashboard flanked by marble column plinths above a conforming case with pulvinated frieze fitted with three short drawers over a pair of panelled cupboard doors each flanked by a pair of colonettes with ormolu capitals centering a kneehole backed by a mirrored plate, on acanthus-carved and lobed ball feet
49in. high, 59in. wide, 23in. deep
Provenance
Stephen Van Rensselaer III (1764-1839) or
Stephen Van Rensselaer IV (1789-1868), son
Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend (1828-1912), daughter
Harriet Bayard Townsend Barber (1864-1942), daughter
Thomas Hunt Barber (b.1889), son
Thence by descent to John F. Barber
Stephen Van Rensselaer IV (1789-1868), son
Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend (1828-1912), daughter
Harriet Bayard Townsend Barber (1864-1942), daughter
Thomas Hunt Barber (b.1889), son
Thence by descent to John F. Barber