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ATT: Anthony Gabrielle Quervelle (1789-1856)
HOA: 29 1/2"
WOA: 36”
DOA: 17 5/8”
Description
Table top is book matched crotch mahogany veneer over mahogany, with
radius corners and half round molded edges (1). There are full mortised
hinges on the back and a single leaf edge tenon. The top, with a captured ash
disk, rotates on a poplar brace that is screwed to the frame. The convex is
skirt white pine with book matched crotch mahogany veneer, mortised and
carved front corner blocks, and dovetailed back railed (2). Ash medial support
is screwed to the skirt, with rounded corners in a red washed well, formed by a
poplar medial brace and bottom. The pedestal is attached by double wedged
tenons through the support (3). The pedestal has superbly carved leaves of
acanthus and other foliage above a foliated base ring (4). Double through
tenons that are also wedged attach the pedestals to the convex base with
canted corners (5). The straight sided base is a triple lamination of white pine
with mahogany veneer. The table feet are characteristic lion’s paw, decorated
with acanthus foliage flanked by applied scrolls, foliage, and gadrooning (6).
The solid mahogany legs are screwed and nailed to the base
References
- RC Smith, Philadelphia Empire Furniture by Anthony Quervelle, Antiques,
September 1964, Page 308, Figure 9. - Breakfast Table, Wheatland (The James Buchanan House) Lancaster, PA.
- Breakfast Table, Wheatland (The James Buchanan House) Lancaster, PA.
- RC Smith, Philadelphia Empire Furniture by Anthony Quervelle, Antiques,
September 1964, Page 93, Figure 8. - W.V. Elder III, J.E. Stokes, American Furniture 1680-1800, BMA, Page 175, cat.
135. - RC Smith, Philadelphia Empire Furniture by Anthony Quervelle, Antiques, Part
II Pedestal Tables, Antiques, July 1973, Page 92, Figure 5.
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