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Property of Morven Drumthwacket Development Corporation- Classical Carved Mahogany, Gesso and Bronze-Mounted Marble-Top sideboard, Attributed to Anthony Quervelle, Philadelphia, circa 1825, the back with arched mirror surmounted by turned and gilt lantern-form finials enclosing a mirror plate, turned cononnettes with Corinthian capitals and fruit-carved responds flanking, the marble top above one long concave drawer and a hinged retracting fan-shaped lid enclosing a well, two tiers flanking, each with a convex short drawer above a hinged door, on gilt acanthus-carved animal-paw feet. Some restoration to gilt. H: 5' 7" (1.70 m.); W: 7' (2.13 m.); D: 25 ½" (65 cm.). A related example attributed to Quervelle without a fan-carved lid is in the collection of the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum, and discussed in Robert C. Smith's article, &The Furniture of Anthony G. Quervelle Part IV: Some Case Pieces" The Magazine Antiques, January, 1974, Vol. CV, No. 1, P. 186, Pl. I.
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