Louisiana dMahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Armoire , early 19th c., later...

Louisiana dMahogany and Satinwood Inlaid Armoire , early 19th c., later conforming cornice above recessed panel doors; shaped apron with lobe returns, cabriole legs, whole inlaid with lozenge panels quatre lune and checkered stringing, h. 85 in., w. 61 in., d. 21 in. Note: Paper label en verso "Property of Houmas House, Burnside, LA, July 16, 1971..." Ill.: pl. 43, p. 61 in Early Furniture of Louisiana 1750-1830, Louisiana State Museum, 1972, by Jessie J. Poesch Provenance: Neal Auction Company, Houmas House Plantation, May 17, 2003, lot 368; Property of Whitney Plantation Museum, Wallace, LA, sold to benefit the Big House reinterpretation fund. Note: The proportions, inset door panels, inlay on the frieze panel and false center stile, and distinctive scallop pattern to the apron on this armoire relates to a cherry and cypress armoire at the Sebastian Kleinpeter Home in Baton Rouge, and a mahogany and cypress armoire descended in the LeComte-Lambre family in Central Louisiana. Interestingly, the apron design on the three aforementioned armoires relate to those attributed to Celestin Glapion the elder. Ref.: Holden, et.al. Furnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture 1735-1835. pp. 153-156 and 188-189, figs. 32, 33, 38, 81 and 83.