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Classical
Mahogany Center Table, Cook & Parkin, Philadelphia, circa
1825
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Chintz
Applique Album Quilt, Maria Fish, New Jersey, 1843
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John
Scholl, Snowflake on Stand
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Late 18th century Rhode Island maple chest on chest
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Federal
gilt-wood mirrors
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Federal
Red Painted Tall Case Clock, CT, 19th century. Est:$1,200 - 1,800
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Federal
Inlaid Mahogany Bow-Front Chest of Drawers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
early 19th century. Est:$10,000-15,000
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Selection of Federal Inlaid Mahogany Work Tables.
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Classical
Mahogany Sideboard
New York, circa 1820. Est:$3,000-5,000
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Ralph Cahoon, Hero
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Key-West
Dove
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DOYLE
NEW YORK TO HOLD AUCTION OF IMPORTANT AMERICANA ON OCTOBER
29
American
Furniture, Decorations, Prints and Paintings on the Auction
Block
Highlights include Philadelphia Table,
New Jersey Quilt and John Scholl Sculpture
AUCTION:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2002 AT
10AM
Doyle
New York will hold an auction of important Americana on Tuesday,
October 29 at 10am. The auction
will showcase American furniture and decorative art from the
Colonial period through the Federal and Classical styles.
Complementing the furniture and decorations will be a wide
selection of Folk paintings, and historical and decorative
prints. The exhibition will be open to the public from
Saturday, October 26 through Monday, October 28. Doyle
is located at 175 East 87th Street in Manhattan.
Among
the furniture highlights is an elegant Classical mahogany
table marked by the Philadelphia firm of Cook & Parkin.
Also featured are an exquisite pair of Federal mirrors, a
Rhode Island chest on chest, a chest on chest from
the Mid-Atlantic States, and a bow-front chest of drawers
from Massachusetts or New Hampshire. Among the decorations
are silver, ceramics, needlework and an 1843 chintz appliqué
album quilt by Maria Fish of New Jersey. Highlighting
the Folk Art is an elaborate wood sculpture by John Scholl
(1827-1916). The sale will also feature a group of Maritime-related
objects, Folk paintings, historical prints and a group
of engravings after John J. Audubon.
"The
auction offers collectors a broad spectrum of Americana, from
high style Philadelphia furniture to exceptional examples
of Folk Art," said Jeni Sandberg, Doyle's American
Furniture Specialist. "It is truly a celebration of American
creativity and craftsmanship."
INFORMATION
AND CATALOGUES:
For information regarding this sale, bidders may contact Jeni
Sandberg in the American Furniture Department at (212)
427-4141, ext. 271, or email american@DoyleNewYork.com.
To order a printed catalogue, please call Subscriptions (212)
427-4141, ext. 257, or email subscriptions@DoyleNewYork.com.
The free Internet version of the auction catalogue will be
available prior to the sale in the "Catalogues"
section of our Web site
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Louis LeB. Webre, Vice President, Marketing and Media,
212-427-4141, ext 232 or email louis@DoyleNewYork.com
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Images
and interviews are available upon request.
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AUCTION
HIGHLIGHTS
Classical
Mahogany Center Table, Cook & Parkin, Philadelphia,
circa 1825
Estimate: $10,000-15,000
Thomas Cook and Richard Parkin are listed in partnership
in Philadelphia directories between 1820 and 1825, though
they each continued in the trade until about 1840. Information
about their careers is limited, and few documented examples
exist. A documented sideboard is in the Baltimore Museum
of Art, and a dining table bought from Thomas Cook is in
the Telfair Museum in Savannah.
Chintz
Applique Album Quilt, Maria Fish, New Jersey, 1843
Estimate: $8,000-12,000
Chintz appliqué quilts utilized brightly colored
cottons imported from England, the designs of which were
sometimes laid out specifically for use in appliqué.
In the Fish quilt, the central medallion utilizes a popular
eagle design with a floral motif applied to each of the
surrounding squares. According to a handwritten note affixed
to the back, this quilt was made by Maria Fish to commemorate
her daughter Emmeline‚s one-year wedding anniversary.
Emmeline Fish married her cousin Jonathan Fish in 1843,
and their signatures appear at the center of the quilt.
Many of the people who signed the quilt lived in the Trenton
area, but one signature is from as far afield as Danville,
Illinois. This quilt is part of a group of similar chintz
appliqué examples executed in the Philadelphia and
Trenton areas in the 1840s. Related quilts are in the collection
of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Winterthur Museum.
John Scholl (1827-1916), Snowflake on Stand
Estimate: $8,000-12,000
Born in Germany in 1827, John Scholl settled in Germania,
Pennsylvania by 1853, where he was a carpenter by trade.
After his retirement in 1907, at the age of eighty, Scholl
created whimsical carvings that combined elements often
found in Pennsylvania German folk art with the intricate
"gingerbread"of Victorian architecture. Only about
fifty works by Scholl are known. Scholl himself never sold
his carvings, and his work remained with his family until
1967 when a gallery show of the carvings was held in New
York, and the pieces were sold to museums and private collectors.
Another show on Scholl was organized at the William Penn
Memorial Museum in 1979. John Scholl‚s works are in
the collections of the American Folk Art Museum and the
Whitney Museum of American Art, among others.
OTHER FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ART HIGHLIGHTS
Among
the wide assortment of furniture in the sale are a late
18th century Rhode Island maple chest on chest (est.
$12,000-18,000); a Federal inlaid mahogany and rosewood
bow front chest of drawers from the north shore of Massachusetts
or New Hampshire, circa 1810; and a chest on chest
from Maryland or Virginia. Also featured are a group of
Massachusetts Federal work tables, among them a watercolor
decorated maple example; a Southern mahogany chest of drawers;
a Philadelphia Classical mahogany bed; and a charming Shaker
red-painted table
Highlighting
the fine decorations in the sale are a handsome pair of
Federal gilt-wood mirrors, circa 1790, that
reflect the neoclassical influence of designer Robert Adam
(est. $50,000-70,000). The auction will also feature an
interesting selection of Maritime-related items comprising
a group of sailor‚s wool needlework pictures of ships,
a large ship‚s wheel, Anglo-Indian boxes, a bone-inlaid
mahogany watch hutch, and Chinese export porcelain. Also
featured are a silk and chenille on silk needlework picture
of Hector and Andromache, a presentation drawing with the
Goddess of Liberty, and a watercolor on silk mourning picture
from the Kimball family of Savannah, Georgia. Rounding out
the sale are a Federal painted mantelpiece, Tramp Art boxes,
English creamware, a large group of Staffordshire pottery
figures, examples of Dedham pottery, and a Native American
Yokuts seed jar.
FOLK PAINTINGS AND PRINTS
Highlighting
the paintings section is a charming oil on masonite work
by Folk painter Ralph Cahoon (1910-1982) entitled
Hero (est. $10,000-15,000). There is also
a selection early American trompe l‚oeil and calligraphy
paintings.
Among
the prints in the sale are a fine selection of etchings
and engravings after John J. Audubon, including Key-West
Dove (est. $7,000-10,000) and Florida Cormorant.
Other highlights include Currier & Ives, Publishers
sought-after hand-colored lithograph, American Railroad
Scene: Snowbound, and a rare early view of California after
Robert E. Ogilby, Grass Valley, Nevada County, California,
a hand-colored lithograph dated 1852.
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