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I Was Kidding …

April 24, 2008

Just a quick post to make sure everyone knew I was kidding on this post about the Quervelle-attributed sofa. I tried to lather it on thick so that it was hopefully obvious that I loved the sofa and was trying to farcically “discourage” any competition from bidding:

“special” 40% buyers premium
located in Siberia
cardboard facades
1960s reproduction
bidding [...]

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Unattractive and Undesirable Sofa at Neal Auction

April 20, 2008

Pay no mind to this Grecian (scroll back) sofa in the next Neal Auction coming up in the May 3rd and 4th sale. The carved Cornucopias, incised crestrail, and seat rail gadrooning speak nothing of Anthony Quervelle and his designs. A friend who inspected this sofa for me indicated that the carved legs [...]

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Anthony Quervelle Sideboard

November 27, 2007

Technically this American Classical sideboard that is attributed to Anthony Quervelle is pre-Victorian, probably 1825-1835, but that is close enough for me to profile this beautiful piece in the Rare Victorian.
Anthony Quervelle was a Philadelphia cabinetmaker of French origin. He was born in Paris in 1789 and was working in “Philly” by 1817. [...]

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