Pier Table

Artist / Maker

Attributed to Anthony Gabriel Quervelle (1789–1856)

City of Manufacture

Philadelphia

Date

c. 1829–1834

Dimensions

38-1/4 x 45-3/4 x 25-1/4 in.

Medium

Primary woods: mahogany

Secondary woods: tulip poplar, white pine

Surface treatments: gilding, marble, mirror glass, brass

Provenance

Either (1) Archibald Stuart (1795–1855) and Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart (1801–1884), Patrick, Campbell, Smyth, and Washington Counties, VA, or their son William Alexander Stuart1 (1826–1892) and Mary Taylor Carter Stuart (1831–1862), Campbell and Wythe Counties, VA; To their son Dale Carter Stuart (1858–1934) and Sally Preston White Stuart (1871–1931), Elk Garden, Russell County, VA; To their son Senator Harry Carter Stuart (1893–1963) and Marion Lee Cobbs Stuart (1897–1984), Elk Garden, Russell County, VA; To their daughter Marion “Lee” Stuart Cochran (1924–2017) and Justice George Moffett Cochran IV (1912–2011), Staunton, VA; Her sale, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Harrisonburg, VA, July 3, 2021, lot 1278; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2021.

Or (2) Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (1807–1891) and Frances Cornelia Baldwin Stuart (1815–1885), Staunton, VA; To their daughter Margaret Briscoe Stuart Robertson (1855–1932) and Alexander Farish Robertson (1853–1938); To their daughter Susan Baldwin Robertson Cochran (1887–1975) and Peyton Cochran (1880–1969); To their son Justice George Moffett Cochran IV (1912–2011) and Marion “Lee” Stuart Cochran (1924–2017), Staunton, VA; Her sale, Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, Harrisonburg, VA, July 3, 2021, lot 1278; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2021.