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Lot 211
Description:
A Very Fine American Renaissance Carved Oak Cabinet, mid-19th c., attributed to Alexander Roux, New York, crest with crocketed finials centered by a bust of George Washington, the frieze with scrolling leaves, chamfered sides with hunting figures, arched glazed doors; the base with two medial drawers, four doors with fine carved panels of fish, pendant fruit and nut stiles, blocked molded base, height 100 in., width 68 1/2 in., depth 24 in.
- Notes: Note: Many elements on this cabinet relate to known examples by Alexander Roux. The high relief fish panels with a variety of eels, a turtle, crab, and other creatures are very similar to those on a walnut sideboard by Roux at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. 1993.168), and those on the crest of a server at the Brooklyn Museum of Art (acc. 1995.15). The hunters on the stiles of the upper case compliment the game and fish motif on the lower case and adhere to Northern French Renaissance Revival traditions for dining furniture. The Founding Father bust a the crest, however, is an American subject likely related to the 1876 Centennial. The carved decoration on this cabinet is similar to that on pair of oak cabinets purchased from Roux by William and Margaret Astor c. 1856 (for Rokeby in Barrytown New York) and bearing his label from his 481 Broadway warerooms. Roux's work in this period was in a variety of styles to satisfy the increasingly cosmopolitan and diverse tastes of his customers, and items of Renaissance influence, such as this cabinet, most often were items for the dining room. This cabinet displays the use of a brilliant maple interior with rosewood facing that strongly suggests the very best New York cabinetmaking in the middle 19th-century. Reference: Hauserman. "Alexander Roux and his 'Plain and Artistic Furniture'" Magazine Antiques (February 1968) p. 215, fig. 9.
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June 25, 2011 10:00 AM CDT
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