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After J. Trumbull, "The Declaration of Independence/ July 4, 1776". Colored steel engraving by L. Ormsby. Figural identification key printed in the margin. Later giltwood and painted frame with applied stars. Not examined out of frame. 22" x 29" sight. 19th century with possibly later coloring. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn. […]

English Regency period Hawkins portable water closet. Mahogany cabinet with hinged lid, opens to reveal a hinged wooden seat with circular opening, over a blue and white Staffordshire bowl. The ceramic bowl with hinged bottom is mounted to a grain painted tin collar, which fits into a removable slop bucket. The bowl features a cartouche […]

White marble pedestal, twist-carved shaft with acanthus pediment. Multiple piece construction. 38" H x 11" square. Mid 19th to early 20th c. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Condition: Fair condition with scattered chips and losses, separates into multiple pieces for ease of moving.

Classical period mahogany card table with poplar secondary, rectangular fold-over top with rounded corners and highly figured veneers, gilt stencil-decorated skirt and balustered base (Possibly later 19th century addition), acanthus legs ending in paw feet. 30 1/2" H x 36" W x 18" D. Probably New York, early 19th century. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling […]

1ST ITEM: Boston mahogany lyre card table with white pine secondary, rectangular tops with canted corners and a molded edge above a conforming frieze, the carved lyre support inset with 5 brass rods with covered sides, the concave plinth raised on carved and molded legs, ending in paw foot brass casters. Possibly Thomas Wightman. 29 […]

American Secretary-bookcase, mahogany with yellow pine and poplar secondary woods. Flat projecting cornice over a frieze adorned with gilt brass applied cast Classical decoration, over two glazed doors with diamond shaped mullions. Doors are flanked by stiles capped with gilt brass figural busts and wreaths at top. Interior has shelves and interiors of doors are […]

Cheval mirror in the French taste, highly figured mahogany with flat cornice over a crest with applied gilt bronze swan decoration, finely cast ormolu mounted columns, tilting rectangular looking glass, curule form base. Back of mirror covered with pleated silk (possibly not original). French polished. 72 1/2"H x 38 1/2" W x 24" D. American, […]

Pair of plank bottom chairs, original stenciled and grain-painted decoration, both branded on bottom "W Smith Warranted" (possibly William V. Smith, Brooklyn, New York, American, second quarter 19th century). 33"H x 19"W x 20"D. See Nancy Goyne Evans, [American Windsor Chairs], Winterthur, 1996, page 280, "William V. Smith, who manufactured fancy and Windsor chairs… in […]

Classical mahogany veneered dresser or dressing bureau, mahogany, poplar, and white pine secondary. Looking glass supported by turned posts with carved capitals, atop a bank of two recessed drawers, the lower case with two projecting drawers over three graduated drawers flanked by tapering columns with carved capitals. Drawers are dovetailed and fitted with brass ring […]

Pair of Classical highly figured mahogany veneered footstools, signed "K Hay, York". Rectangular with black poly/silk upholstered foot rests, accented with brass tacks at edge, molded exposed wood skirts on demilune feet.. H 6" x W 14" x D 10". Mid 19th century. Provenance: Estate of A. Welling LaGrone Jr., Nashville, Tenn. Condition: Survives in […]