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Lot 926
Description:
An American Classical Carved Mahogany Armoire, early 19th c., probably New Orleans, flared ogee-molded cornice, paneled doors, fitted interior of shelves and two short drawers, plinth base on bracket feet, height 96 1/2 in., width 69 in., depth 30 in. ?
- Provenance: Provenance: Acquired from the antiquarian Charles Cresson.
- Literature: Reference: additional information on the Barjon family can found : Moscou. Free-Men-of-Color Cabinet Makers in the New Orleans Furniture Trade 1800-1850; Moscou. "New Orleans's Freemen of Color: a Forgotten Generation of Cabinetmakers Rediscovered," Magazine Antiques. (May, 2007), pp. 540-4; Patton. "Antebellum Louisiana Artisans, The Black Furniture Makers," International Review of African American Art. (1995), p. 19; Harrison. "The Nineteenth-Century Furniture Trade in New Orleans," Magazine Antiques. (May, 1997), pp. 748-759; and Poesch. "Furniture of the River Road Plantations in Louisiana," Magazine Antiques. (June, 1977), p. 1188.
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New Orleans, LA, US
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