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Lot 136:
Description
Hand Carved 14 Piece Black Forest Style Oak Renaissance Dining Room Suite, Circa 1875. This wonderful hand carved suite was commissioned by William G (Bill) Coyle founder of Coyle Shipping Lines, New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Coyle founded the company just after the Civil War. The family provenance for this suite was that Mr. Coyle commissioned this suite from the same workshops that manufactured furniture for Prudent Mallard and the suite was most likely manufactured by skilled craftsmen in the Black Forest region of Germany or bordering region of France. The suite descended through the family from William Coyle to Janice (Jan) Grady of Corinth, Mississippi. This suite is possibly unique and the only one of its kind since it was commissioned special for Mr. Coyle. (1) Elaborately carved sideboard, crown with cornucopias and banded egg shield above Bacchus mask and grapes panel with fruit carved scroll corbels supporting upper shelf. Base of sideboard has heavy carved acanthus molding lower trim above bun feet. Door panels have heavy applied bird decoration with fruit. Two doors are flanked and divided by heavy fruit decorations. Two drawers have leaf and vine decoration.
Condition: Condition- Suite appears to have the original finish. Sideboard is missing one chip from Bacchus mask, two small chips from one grape cluster, overall good condition. Table leaves need some leaf pins replaced. Some leaves have chip losses from edges. One dining chair is missing a small chip of wood from to crest decoration. The sideboard has an age crack and small chip missing from one bird’s tail on the lower left door.
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