Lot 447
American Classical Gilt Bronze-Mounted and Brass Inlaid Mahogany and Burl Ash Pier Table, early 19th c., Philadelphia, rectangular marble top, conforming frieze applied with bronze wreath centering anthemion; columnar supports, anthemion cast capitals and bases, mirror plate flanked by pilasters, incurvate plinth, acanthus carved feet, h. 37 1/2 in., w. 50 in., d. 23 1/4 in. Note: The current lot stands among the most expensive and sophisticated types of pier tables made in New York City and Philadelphia during the late Federal years. Pier tables documented to prominent New York City cabinetmakers such as Charles-Honoré Lannuier and Duncan Phyfe and to important Philadelphia craftsmen including Joseph Barry and Anthony Quervelle feature expensive embellishments in the form of finely cast and chased gilt-bronze mounts and brass inlay. Both Lannuier and Barry are known to have used light-colored figured woods such as burled elm or amboyna in combination with darker mahogany or rosewood. The gilt-bronze anthemia-cast capitals and bases on the current lot are similar to those found on pier tables by Philadelphia and New York City cabinetmakers. Ref.: Peter M. Kenny, Honoré Lannuier: Cabinetmaker from Paris (New York, 1998), pp. 55, 92 and 93; Allison Boor et al. Philadelphia Empire Furniture (West Chester, PA, 2006), pp. 229, 230 and 233.
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