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Condition:Good; original hardware, old finish Ursuline Convent, New Orleans, LA
While the buffet bas has a French Canadian precedent, in Louisiana, they appear to have only been made for the Ursuline Convent in New Orleans. The form waaslso used in Canada and in the Upper Mississippi Valley, and in the Anglo world, it’s often referred to, at least by collectors, as a “jelly cupboard.” This buffet is illustrated and discussed in Holden et al, Furnishing Louisiana, p. 225.
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Jack and Pat Holden
Fair Market Value for Non-Cash Charitable Contribution Appraisal Report
Effective Valuation Date: 00/00/00
Andrew Richmond PO Box 2199 Marietta, OH 45750 740.760.1788 andrew@wipiak.com
(LCF53)
Location: Maison Chenal, Upper Main Room
FAIR MARKET VALUE:
$7,500
Category: Funiture (Creole)
Louisiana Cabriole Leg Table
Louisiana 1780-1820
Walnut and cypress
Two-board, thumb-molded top, over one drawer and a shaped skirt, and on cabriole legs. 27.5" high, 27" wide, 22" deep
Condition:Fair; top has been reworked Fawlkes Family, Long Beach, MS
Value Support
The comparable sales used for LC 11 also serve here as they are the only suitable comparables for this table form in the past fifteen years. This is a good example of this rare form, Its condition will keep it toward the lower end of the value spectrum.
Cabriole-leg table. Sold at Sold at New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, LA, 12/10/2017, lot 832. Estimate: $5,000-$8,000. Realized: $20,000 (including buyer's premium).
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