Lot 87
A Pair of American Aesthetic Carved Mahogany Armchairs, 19th c., New York, reeded stiles, sunflower-carved back, shaped padded arms, reeded rail, turned legs ending in anthropomorphic feet. Note: retaining original stuffing and covering Orleans attorney, state senator, essayist and author of Esquises Locales, commissioned architects Henry Howard and Albert Diettel for 1707 Esplanade in 1859. With personal and professional reversals during Reconstruction, Monsieur Dufour sold the house to businessman Albert Baldwin (1834-1912). A furniture inventory accompanies the March 15, 1870 bill of sale of 1707 Esplanade from Dufour to Baldwin currently preserved in the Orleans Parish Notorial Archives. This bibliothèque is listed in the library, "as per P. Mallard's bill, Feby 24, 1860." The Baldwin Family remained in the house until 1912. Note: Best known as a purveyor of Rococo Revival bedroom furniture, Prudent Mallard...
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