Armoire

Collection Item

Artist/Maker

Attributed to the shop of Anthony Gabriel Quervelle (1789–1856)

Dimensions

95 x 84 x 30-1/2 in.

City of Manufacture

Philadelphia

Date(s)

c. 1825–1830

More Details

Artist / Maker

Attributed to the shop of Anthony Gabriel Quervelle (1789–1856)

City of Manufacture

Philadelphia

Date

c. 1825–1830

Dimensions

95 x 84 x 30-1/2 in.

Medium

Primary woods: mahogany, mahogany veneer

Secondary woods: tulip poplar, yellow pine

Surface treatments: brass

Provenance

By unknown descent. Purchased from an unidentified source in the 1980s by Martin J. Schoenberger, MD (1950–2019), and Stephanie Gilbert Schoenberger, MD (1952–2022), New Orleans, LA; Sale, Neal Auction Company, New Orleans, LA, Feb. 3, 2023, lot 407; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2023.

Publications / Exhibition History

Boor, Allison, et al. Philadelphia Empire Furniture. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2006. p. 178.