LOT 729
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Lot 729
A VERY FINE CLASSICAL CARVED MAHOGANY ARMOIRE, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN NEEDLES (1786-1878), BALTIMORE, CIRCA 1825. With two paneled doors flanked by carved and reeded elongated stems of wheat below a pediment top, opening to reveal six fitted pull out linen shelves and two drawers on the left with wardrobe hanger on the right. The whole raised on a framed mahogany frame with ebonized ball feet. Height 76.75 inches (195 cm), width 52.25 inches (132.7 cm), depth 20.25 inches (51.5 cm).
Estimate:
$1,800 - 2,400
Provenance:
Alden Lowell Doud Estate and with purchase receipt from Thomas Schwenke Inc. Ridgefield, CT, dated 1995.
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